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POSITION SUMMARY
The Manager, Database Administration will be responsible for feature design and development, maintenance, and production support of all corporate data management solutions. This position is also responsible for supporting multiple third party databases. Desired business outcomes include stable, accurate, efficient data management to support leadership decision making.
KEY JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborates with other information technology associates and functional business teams to build, deliver, and support effective, creative data management solutions aligned to specified business initiatives
- Creates, coordinates and administers databases, including base definition, structure documentation, operational guidelines, and security
- Based upon management direction, plans and implements strategies for meeting data management needs
- Monitors project deliverables, as directed, to ensure project and functional leaders receive accurate, timely updates as required
- Applies established data management best practices and recommends improvements
- Assists application support teams with third party application installations and upgrades
- Produces essential reports on a daily, weekly, monthly or ad hoc as necessary
- Assists with other information technology projects, as assigned, within the general scope of regularly assigned responsibilities and related qualifications
- Supervises a team of Database Administrators
- Manage relationships in a manner acceptable to others and to the organization
- Actively build the capability of others through relevant, timely, balanced feedback; coaching and teaching; and using recognition to reinforce desirable behaviors
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE)
- An accredited Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technology-based discipline required
- 5 or more years of related experience required, including production DBA and/or development DBA experience, current (2005, 2008, 2012, or 2014) SQL Server DBA experience or Oracle (10g, 11g)
- MCDBA or OCP certifications preferred
- Preferred experience includes managing large databases (1TB) and/or many database servers (100+), table partitioning, high-volume retail e-commerce experience
- Must be able to participate in a “on-call” rotation and accept calls after hours and on weekends
KEY QUALIFICATIONS, JOB SKILLS, ABILITIES
- Proficient knowledge and experience in two of the following Database technologies: Hadoop, Vertica, and Prevasive
- Expert understanding of all SQL Server and/or Oracle tools including, but not limited to, Profiler/Management Studio/Enterprise Manager, Oracle OEM, SQL Loader, Compression Analysis Tools
- Proficient understanding of relational and dimensional data modeling
- Proficient understanding of replication, distributed systems performance tuning, and optimization
- Proficient understanding of project management principles, including the ability to respond as needed to complex, overlapping, evolving, and potentially conflicting priorities
- Working knowledge OF MSSQL active/active, active/passive clustering OR Oracle RAC
- Working knowledge of log shipping, replication, mirroring, Always On, Oracle Streams or Data Guard
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Windows server 2003 / 2008 / 2012, Linux RedHat, Unix
- Proficient knowledge of Idera / Red Gate tools, TOAD, Embarcadero
- Proficient knowledge of network technologies and active directory functionality
- Proficient knowledge of SAN technologies and database storage best practices
- Proficient knowledge of configuration management, version control, web publishing strategies
- Ability to exchange ideas and communicate effectively with others of varying technological knowledge using written and spoken English
