Database Administrator

4 weeks ago


Bethesda, United States Covalent Solutions, LLC Full time

JOB SUMMARY

Covalent Solutions (Covalent) is seeking a mission driven, highly motivated and collaborative Database Administrator who is truly excited about building great products to support one of our clients at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As a Database Administrator, you will apply your skills to design/implement/administer databases to drive projects forward and efficiently meet project and business objectives. We are looking for a candidate who thrives in a mission-driven organization.

This opportunity is full-time with Covalent and is on-site in Rockville, Maryland.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to:

  • Work with the project manager to define success metrics and criteria.
  • Ensuring the program/project meets success parameters and business objectives stated in the project plan and charter.
  • Providing transparency and communication on project status and risks to project stakeholders.
  • Analyze and understand pre-existing legacy database schemas so that may they may be implemented on the Microsoft Azure platform.
  • Design/implement/administer database schemas that meet and exceed the needs of legacy database schemas on the appropriate platforms based on requirements.
  • Designs may include, but are not limited to:
  • Creating and defining robust schemas
  • Migrating data from legacy databases
  • Automating data pipes for legacy and new data sources
  • Load balancing

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
  • Desired certifications.
  • Microsoft Certified:
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

Work Experience

  • 4+ Experience with Agile methodology.
  • 4+ years of the following
  • DBMS and engineering roles
  • Database design. Strong knowledge of database schema design, normalization, and indexing strategies.
  • SQL experience. Advanced SQL skills for database design, querying, and optimization.
  • DBMS performance tuning. Experience with database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting.
  • MS SQL Server or other DBMS.
  • Backup and Recovery. Expertise in database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
  • 2+ years of Microsoft Azure SQL Database experience
  • 1+ years of Microsoft Dataverse
  • 3+ years of data warehousing and ETL. Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and experience with ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and tools.

COMPETENCIES

Professionalism:

  • Sharp eye for detail.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and in different phases of work at the same time. Flexibility and adaptability to perform in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Context-switching does not bother you.
  • Effectively collaborates and influences people at all levels in the organization through strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Highly organized with strong time-management skills.
  • Ability to manage conflict and drive resolution.
  • Focused on results, proactive, service oriented
  • Can focus on both high level and detail level, knowing which is appropriate for the situation.
  • Ability to self-direct and manage ambiguity.
  • Ability to take in a lot of disparate information and find common themes, recommend clear paths forward and iterate.
  • Motivated by professional rather than personal concerns.
  • Show persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges.
  • Naturally curious about things you don't understand and actively look for opportunities to grow and learn from those around you.

Communication:

  • Actively participate in meetings and be willing to advocate for what you believe in. Provide thoughtful, constructive review of others’ work, knowing that everyone is working towards the same objective.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills. You can always articulate the "why" behind your solutions.
  • Listen to others, correctly interpret messages from others and respond appropriately.
  • Ask questions to clarify, and exhibit interest in having two-way communication.
  • Tailor language, tone, style and format to match the audience.
  • Demonstrate openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
  • Speak intelligently about a wide variety of topics but know when to say, "I don't know."

Teamwork:

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
  • Place team agenda before personal agenda.
  • Support and act in accordance with the final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect your own position.
  • Share credit for team accomplishments and accept joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Accountability:

  • Take ownership of all responsibilities and honor commitments.
  • Deliver outputs for which you have responsibility within prescribed time, cost and quality standards.
  • Operate in compliance with organizational regulations and rules.
  • Take personal responsibility for your own shortcomings, where applicable.



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