Lead Database Administrator

About the position

The Lead Database Administrator (Lead DBA) is responsible for supervising and managing the daily activities of the Database Administration team. This includes ensuring the deployment, configuration, patching, and upgrades to database servers and client installs in a mixed technology environment to deliver data products providing business decision support focusing on Oracle and MS-SQL server production support.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the daily activities and workflow of the database administration team, managing performance and providing feedback when needed
• Ensures that database servers and client installs are appropriately deployed, configured, upgraded, and supported in a 24x7 production environment.
• Troubleshoot and fix problems and provide root cause analysis that the database administration team has escalated in a timely manner
• Perform preventive maintenance and system copies
• Automate system maintenance tasks
• Develop, manage, test, and execute (as needed) backup and recovery plans
• Ensure storage and archiving processes are functioning correctly
• Ensure database documentation, including data standards, procedures, and data dictionary, are in place and regularly updated
• Develop capacity plans and ensure their execution
• Manage security and disaster recovery aspects of a database
• Evaluate SQL Server performance and take appropriate steps for performance improvement
• Provide 24x7 on-call support, after-hours, and weekend work as needed
• Relational database design and development
• Design OLTP and OLAP environments, and monitor, detect, and tune performance
• Escalate any issues to senior technology leadership
• Accountable and responsible for the accuracy and completeness of assigned work and results
• Prioritize and manage workload and communicate issues clearly
• Complete other tasks as required
• Travel when required

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience
• 8+ years of experience in relational database design, development, and implementation in an MS-SQL or Oracle environment
• Experience leading/supervising database administration teams
• In-depth experience in the use of programming languages (i.e., C#.NET, Flash, HTML5, Transact SQL, and later versions including stored procedures)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, CosmosDB, or Azure
• Experience with CIS and DOD Stig security standards
• Experience with Azure Devops for managing work
• Experience in a culture that requires change approvals