HHSC_Sr. DBA
3 weeks ago
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.
8
Required
Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services.
8
Required
Experience creating technical and functional design documentation.
8
Required
Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology (Scrum, for example).
8
Required
Experience with multi-tier system/application development (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example).
8
Preferred
Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure.
6
Preferred
Experience with Azure.
6
Preferred
Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL.
3
Preferred
Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git.
3
Preferred
Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development
1
Preferred
Azure certification is preferred and not required.
1
Preferred
DBA Associate certifications are preferred and not required.
