Database Administrator

Northeast Delta Dental•Concord, NH

1d•Remote

About The Position

At Northeast Delta Dental , we're on a mission to improve oral health and overall well-being across New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont because everyone deserves a healthy smile! Named one of the 2025 Best Companies to Work For in New Hampshire by Business NH Magazine , we offer competitive pay, outstanding benefits, workplace flexibility, and exciting career growth opportunities. Our Network and Technical Services Department is seeking a remote full-time, Database Administrator who will be responsible for implementing, administering and maintaining enterprise databases on Oracle (HP/UX), as well as ensuring the integrity and performance of development, testing and production environments. Our Database Administrator will provide leadership on database projects and act as a subject matter expert for developmental design and standards. All candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science plus at least four years of DBA related experience or an equivalent combination of training, experience, and/or education.
Systems analysis and programming experience required.
Must have a valid driver's license.
All candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future .

Nice To Haves

Strong knowledge of PL/SQL, MS T-SQL, Unix scripting, HP/UX and Windows is preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs database, application and system architecture design including Logical/Physical Data Modeling and Dimensional Modeling.
Designs and implements plan for critical system changes.
Analyzes and develops new approaches for system tuning and database design.
Participates in project teams as the database design resource.
Develops project estimates for database activities and insures integrity of design by enforcing development standards.
Proactively recommends process and development methodology improvements.
Participates as subject matter expert as required for design reviews and technology and tool selection.
Accountable for 99% system uptime on all HP UNIX production systems.
Establishes standards and best practices for SQL Interacts with, and coaches, developers in SQL scripting best practices.
Initiates changes to process and procedures as appropriate.
Develop database design documentation such as data decompositions and data flow diagrams.
Revises and maintains operating documentation as functions change