Database Administrator 1759

Austin, Texas

30+ days ago

Job Description

Sistema Technologies is a Texas-based IT staffing and IT delivery firm that has proudly served Texas state and local government agencies since 2002. As one of the top 10 Texas DIR ITSAC vendors, we specialize in providing highly qualified IT professionals and comprehensive, full-lifecycle technology delivery services. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, while making our consultants our highest priority by supporting their professional growth, career success, and overall well-being.
Sistema is looking for a Database Administrator with our government client based in Austin, TX for a 1 year position.

***This position may require onsite work at our client’s site in Austin, TX.***
***Candidates local to Austin or willing to relocate are encouraged to apply. ***
Enters codes to create production data base. Selects and enters codes of utility program to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory. Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to data base management system. Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions. Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base. Modifies data base programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning. Workers typically specialize in one or more types of data base management systems. Providing assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment. Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance. Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed. Performs data modeling and prototyping. Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models. Performs security recovery procedures. Determines and implements database search strategies and storage requirements. Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary. Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements. Creates test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures. Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures. Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems. Assists with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases. Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security. Assists in the selection of database management software. Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work. Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies. Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies. Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data(via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards. Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIR Accessibility issues arise. DISCLAIMER: Candidates for this position will be subject to a pre-employment security review to determine employment eligibility.

The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC’s cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics. The DBA works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle and Azure Microsoft SQL. This role will require converting Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions to Azure SQL.

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Actual Years Experience	Years Experience Needed	Required/ Preferred	Skills/Experience
	10		Database experience
	8		Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)
	8		Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)
	8		Experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning
	8		Experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning
	8		Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
	8		Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
	8		Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology – (Scrum, for example)
	8		Experience with multi-tier system/application development – (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)
	8	Preferred	Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
	6	Preferred	Experience with Azure
	6	Preferred	Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
	3	Preferred	Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git
	3	Preferred	Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development
	1	Preferred	Azure certification is preferred
	1	Preferred	DBA Associate certifications are preferred

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Location

Austin, Texas

Skills

Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Assistive Technologyunmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Clustering Softwareunmatched
Compensation and Benefitsunmatched
Computer Operationsunmatched
Computer Programmingunmatched
Computer Skillsunmatched
Computer Systemsunmatched
Computer Systems Designunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Cost Estimatesunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Data Migrationunmatched
Data Modelingunmatched
Data Processingunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Database Administrationunmatched
Database Analysisunmatched
Database Backupunmatched
Database Designunmatched
Database Management Software/Systems (DBMS)unmatched
Database Optimizationunmatched
Database Replicationunmatched
Database Technologyunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Disability Accommodationsunmatched
Disaster Recoveryunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Gitunmatched
Governmentunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
Javaunmatched
Load Balancingunmatched
Local Governmentunmatched
Memory Hardwareunmatched
Microsoft SQL Serverunmatched
Microsoft SQL Server DBA (Database Administration)unmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Oracleunmatched
Oracle Applicationsunmatched
Oracle Databaseunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
Policy Implementationunmatched
Programming Languagesunmatched
Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Project Controlunmatched
Prototypingunmatched
Relational Databases (RDBMS)unmatched
SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
Security Monitoringunmatched
Software Installationunmatched
Software Patchesunmatched
Standards Developmentunmatched
State Governmentunmatched
Stored Proceduresunmatched
System Integration (SI)unmatched
Systems Analysisunmatched
Technical Deliveryunmatched
Technical Recruitingunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
Testingunmatched
User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched

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