City of New York · 12 hours ago
Database Manager
Manhattan, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $192K/yr
3+ years expThe City of New York is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Database Manager to lead the Database Management Team within the Financial Systems division. The role involves overseeing a team of DBAs, ensuring high availability and security of financial databases, and managing various database administration functions.
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Responsibilities
Ensure that processes are in place to actively monitor online and batch database operations
Ensure that periodic evaluations of storage are performed to determine if current capacity can meet planned needs or if additional storage must be allocated
Evaluate new database technologies as requested and during upgrade cycles to determine if technical strategies should be adjusted to align with external trends
Within the FMS Infrastructure team framework, ensure that processes are in place to manage the inventory of database product versions and that we remain informed about the life-cycle for the products we operate
Within the City and FISA’s budget and planning cycle (at the direction of FMS Infrastructure team management), produce a plan that lays out the relevant costs (.e.g, licenses, subscriptions, etc) and software purchase / upgrades as necessitated by: end-of-life for hardware, new business requirements, end of support for software, capacity/growth
Ensure that the Database team operates as a cohesive group to ensure that systems remain available per service level agreements with business and application teams
Assign and prioritize work across the DBA team to meet operational and project demands
Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to team members
Establish clear expectations, deliverables, and performance standards
Monitor work quality, timeliness, and adherence to procedures
Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and feedback sessions
Address performance issues in a timely and professional manner
Support staff development, cross-training, and succession planning
Manage and participate in the on-call rotations and ensuring adequate coverage for 24x7 support
Manage and participate in the DBA duty roster and on-call schedule, including primary and secondary coverage, vacation planning, escalation procedures, and follow-up review of on-call activities to ensure continuous, reliable support of mission-critical systems
Participate in quarterly Disaster Recovery testing and contribute to the development of robust disaster recovery procedures
Serve as a lead for matters related to Disaster recovery
Actively perform and oversee database administration functions while providing technical leadership to the DBA team
Hands-on administration of Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2 database platforms across production and non-production environments
Installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades of database software
Backup and recovery strategy implementation and execution (including RMAN and enterprise backup solutions)
The setup and administration of monitoring software, database backups, and working with FISA-OPA's Job Scheduling team to implement and support Database backup and maintenance scripts into the Batch Schedule
High availability and disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution
Incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for database-related outages and performance issues
Development, review, and enforcement of database standards, procedures, and scripts
Participation in change management, release planning, and production readiness reviews
Direct technical involvement in complex or high-risk database activities
Collaboration with Application Development teams to migrate releases and implement data fixes and working with FISA-OPA's integration vendor to obtain permanent fixes for SQL changes
Troubleshoot and resolve complex problems in a timely manner, utilize knowledge of Oracle Gateway, OEM Grid Control, DB2 on AIX, and MS SQL Server databases
Possess a strong methodology and excellent skills for performance analysis of online, reporting, and batch performance issues, as identified by long running processes or excessive resource utilization, as well as suggestions for SQL and database tuning changes to improve response time
Capacity Planning aspects for the FMS3 Production and non-production databases include monitoring and reporting on disk, Tablespace, and table utilization, growth analysis and recommendations for adding space, as well as DB memory analysis/tuning, review of DB filesystem layouts and recommendations for improved performance
Develop and automate processes through scripting to enhance efficiency and reliability
Qualification
Required
A master's degree in computer science from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience in Information Technology (IT) including applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services. At least eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in '1' above
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and six (6) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in '1' above
A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to '1', '2' or '3' above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and must possess at least three (3) years of experience as described in '1' above, including the eighteen (18) months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in '1' above
Extensive knowledge of the Oracle Database Management toolset on Open System environments preferably on AIX version 7.3 and Redhat 9.0 and above
Strong knowledge of Oracle Patch Management and implantation
Knowledge of Oracle RAC Version 19c installation and configuration
Knowledge of Database capacity planning
Knowledge of RMAN backup and recovery, along with Veritas Netbackup procedures
Knowledge of Korn Shell scripting
Knowledge of Microsoft SQL server
Knowledge of Broadcom d-Series workload automation toolset
Extensive experience with Symantec NetBackup and the support backup and Recovery for day to day operations and Disaster Recovery
Preferred
Strong management and team leadership skills
Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational and strong project management skills
Ability to motivate staff, implement and improve processes, develop staffs' knowledge and career path, interact with senior and across team management, assess staffs' abilities and delegate and monitor work assignments
Benefits
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Company
City of New York
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