Database Administrator I

D.R. Horton•Arlington, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., was founded in 1978 and is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. It is engaged in the construction and sale of high quality homes designed principally for the entry-level and first time move-up markets. The Company also provides mortgage financing and title services for homebuyers through its mortgage and title subsidiaries. The right candidate will participate in keeping the database up and running smoothly 24/7. Responsible to provide a seamless flow of information throughout the company, considering both backend data structure and frontend accessibility for end-users.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Zero to two years’ experience as a Production SQL Server or DBA
Strong verbal communication and written documentation skills
Proficiency with MS Office and email

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred
Ability to multi-task and attention to detail

Responsibilities

Perform daily monitoring and analysis of databases and database servers to ensure the continuance of operations
Perform database performance analysis and tuning to ensure optimal system performance. Major areas of support in this area will include sizing, throughput, scalability, and dependability
Ensure the security of databases
Perform regular backups of all databases and database servers
Perform restorations of backups in case of system failure or data loss
Review all changes to existing production databases to ensure that such changes do not negatively impact database performance or reliability
Collaborate with software developers to implement new database schemas, stored procedures, user defined functions, data transformation service packages, scheduled jobs, etc.
Promote database changes through software development lifecycle process
Follow the pre-defined development standards for naming conventions, user interface, etc.
Migrate data from existing databases to new databases or between database environments
Conducts all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company
Ability to participate in on call rotation
Ability to work overtime
Ability to travel overnight