ETS · 3 hours ago
Database Administrator Lead (ref#: 6789)
Princeton, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$169K/yr - $203K/yr
10+ years expETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. The Database Administrator Lead will provide technical expertise in database management, ensure efficient data access and designs, and lead teams in solving technical database challenges.
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Responsibilities
Provide technical expertise to design business solutions related to DBMS (Database Management System) "Internals", DBMS tools and utilities usage, database backup and recovery, database performance, and overall database performance monitoring and tuning
Ensure that data access and database designs are as efficient as possible by coordinating transaction access path analysis sessions with application developers and analyzing specifications and code
Utilize CASE tools to develop, or modify, physical database designs from logical designs
Responsible for Oracle 19c, PostgreSQL 15 and SQL Servers 2019 Database administration
Set up and support Oracle Data Guard and standby databases required
Create and maintain efficient cloud architecture solutions in support of database administration in AWS
Expert knowledge of compute. storage, networking, security and database AWS services
Create and maintain CI/CD Infrastructure as Code pipelines to efficiently deploy AWS resources
Perform database upgrades and migrations
Support OS patching on Database Servers
Trouble-shoot database and/or software problems as they apply to design, implementation, or installation activities
Act as the bridge between database and system level integration issues and set clear direction for others to follow
Assure quality of database analysis and design across projects, thus enabling company-wide data reusability
Schedule and coordinate infrastructure and database maintenance activities including such items as database reorganizations and restructure
Coordinate and/or participate in database stress tests, analyze results, and make recommendations for design or coding changes based upon those results
Participate in on-call and overnight production support and problem resolution activities
Develop and maintain DBMS related standards and procedures to facilitate the identification and implementation of, quality improvement initiatives
Research, evaluate, and test new software and DBMS related tools and facilities as they pertain to the existing DBMS environment, database designs, procedures, and applications
Responsible for the security of company information through secure databases and monitoring environment to identify improper access and ensure compliance with all ETS security and audit standards
Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the hardware, operating system, network and database arenas and provide consultation and knowledge transfer as needed
Monitor current DBMS performance and capacity and develops procedures to improve the DBMS environment
Lead and mentor teams of other Infrastructure or application DBA staff to solve technical database and system challenges
Collaborate with other application DBA staff, senior infrastructure DBA staff, developers, and other technical staff to ensure that best practices are followed for relational database design, database configurations, and installation options
Qualification
Required
10 years of experience
A diverse and extensive technical DBMS background with considerable experience in physical database design, DBMS tools, client/server applications and data warehousing
Knowledge and experience in administering Oracle 19c, PostgreSQL 15, and SQL Server 2019, including installation, upgrades, performance tuning, high availability, backup, and recovery
Knowledge of using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) for monitoring database performance, server metrics, and configuring alerts
Knowledge and experience with AWS cloud concepts and delivery
Experienced with creating and maintaining efficient cloud architecture solutions in support of database administration in AWS
Knowledge of computing, storage, networking, security and database AWS services
Experience with creating and maintaining CI/CD Infrastructure as Code pipelines to efficiently deploy AWS resources
Experience with cloud orchestrations tools like AWS (CFT) CloudFormation and/or Terraform
Knowledge in Linux and Windows system administration
Experience in designing solutions related to Cloud Database Architecture (AWS and Azure)
Experience in Linux and Windows scripting skills
Experience with Server, network, and storage performance optimization
Experience with core AWS services such as EC2, RDS, REDSHIFT, SCT, DMS, S3, SNS, EBS, Lambda, Elastic DRS, CloudWatch and CloudTrail
Knowledge of DevOps Principles
Experience in using Git branching, push/pull requests, and advanced Git workflows
Experience in Python, Ansible and PowerShell/Bash
Benefits
Multiple Business Resource Groups (BRG) for you to learn and advance your career growth!
Up to an additional 8 hours of PTO for volunteer work on causes that are important to you!
Company
ETS
ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization, enabling lifelong learners to be future ready.
1001-5000 employees
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Chief Executive Officer
Chris Draper
Vice President and COO, College Board Programs
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