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JOB TITLE: Sr. Database Administrator
LOCATION: Austin, TX (remote but candidate must reside in Texas)
START DATE: Approx. 7/8/24
DURATION: Initial contract for 512 hours through 8/31/24 (end of fiscal year) with anticipated extension for FY 2025.
JOB DESCRIPTION/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator (Database Administrator III) and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC’s cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment for the CFO application. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics. The DBA III works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle and Azure Microsoft SQL. This role will require converting Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions to Azure SQL.
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
10
Required
Database experience.
8
Required
Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar).
8
Required
Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example).
8
Required
Experience in database design, database structures, analysis, and performance tuning.