Senior Database Administrator

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana • Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

Plans, designs, installs, monitors, and maintains the integrity, security, availability, recoverability, reliability, and performance of primary and auxiliary technical database management system (DBMS) architecture for corporate computerized systems. Provides extended-level technical support to DBMS clients, tactical planning and recommendations, and subject-matter expertise for database design and changes of varying complexity. Leads and coaches groups of staff while achieving client results and solving logical problems with some supervision or coaching. The role does not manage people and reports to Departmental Leadership. It involves contact with all levels of company personnel and outside vendors. Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-sponsored immigration support. Duties are performed in a normal, clean office environment and may include on-call and emergency response tasks as necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent; four years of related experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Four years of work experience and extensive professional technical DBA background in at least one specified platform: Oracle (Unix and Windows), MS SQL Server (Unix and Windows), MongoDB, Document DB, Azure SQL, AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, MySQL, Teradata, Azure Data Lake, or Databricks.
• Experience with Azure Data Lake and Databricks is required.
• Experience in at least two of the following technical competencies: Active Directory, Office 365, Microsoft Azure, workflow automation, PaaS, IaaS, CaaS, AWS, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, networking, scripting (such as shell scripts, PowerShell, Perl, Ruby, or Python), dimensional modeling, or MPP databases.
• Thorough knowledge of IT practices and techniques for somewhat complex DBMS system design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Understanding of the application development life cycle and hardware/software infrastructure, including systems programming, communications, server support, operating systems, and languages.
• Ability to analyze and solve logical problems.
• Demonstrated understanding and quality of systems installation and maintenance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work in a cross-functional environment and communicate with clients to exchange information and resolve problems.
• Experience defining and resolving product or project problems and issues, analyzing business requirements, and evaluating alternatives.
• Thorough understanding and extended-level DBA skills to ensure the integrity, security, availability, recoverability, reliability, and performance of one or more specified DBMS platforms.
• Ability to achieve results and solve problems independently with some direction or coaching.
• Ability to plan, develop, and lead teams or projects involving the design of somewhat complex systems and changes.
• Ability to document comprehensive and concise project requirements for somewhat complex systems.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks, adapt focus as demands change, stay organized, follow procedures, and deliver according to requirements.
• Effective internal customer service and consulting skills.
• Ability to learn new skills and complete projects on time and to quality standards, including work outside one’s specialty.
• Must comply with laws and regulations associated with the role.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-sponsored immigration or other immigration support.
• Successful completion of required pre-employment background checks and drug screening; offers are contingent on satisfactory drug testing results.

Nice To Haves

• DBA experience across more than one of the listed platforms.
• Certification in the specified DBMS platforms.
• Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, research, design, analyze, estimate, recommend, install, test, schedule, implement, administer, document, monitor, tune, and maintain primary and auxiliary DBMS architecture.
• Protect the integrity, security, availability, recoverability, reliability, and performance of corporate computerized systems and meet client needs and expectations.
• Provide information and comprehensive proposals for technical DBMS architecture to support IT tactical plans aligned with organizational goals.
• Lead, mentor, coach, and transfer knowledge to a small group of professionals; provide technical direction and serve as a subject-matter expert.
• Provide extended-level technical support and assistance to clients of computerized database management systems.
• Contribute work products to IT departmental goals and objectives.
• Assume on-call and emergency response tasks as necessary.
• Perform other job-related duties within the scope of responsibilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior