Database Administrator

Role: Database Administrator

Project Name: Infrastructure Support

Location: Remote – USA

Rate: C2C All Inclusive

Responsibilities:

• Patching & Vulnerability Remediation: Review vulnerability scan results and promptly apply patches or configuration changes. System administrators are primarily responsible for remediating vulnerabilities.
• Upgrades & Maintenance: Perform regular operating system, database, and middleware upgrades. Manage storage and compute growth to support application scalability.
• Incident Response: Lead technical response efforts via ServiceNow or similar ticketing systems to meet published change-management SLAs. Isolate and troubleshoot hardware/software issues.
• Documentation & Reporting: Develop and maintain procedural documentation, project plans, and status reports. Provide management with clear summaries of critical issues, actions, and milestones.
• Collaboration & Leadership: Work with program and project managers, engineering teams, vendors, and end-users. Mentor junior administrators and facilitate training and knowledge sharing.
• Operational Excellence: Develop proactive monitoring and disaster recovery procedures.
• Track inventory, adhere to quality-assurance and change-management processes, and ensure compliance with security policies and audits.

Skills:

• Manage and optimize relational (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra). Duties include installing, patching, upgrading, and securing database platforms.
• Support Oracle eBusiness Suite installations and integrations on Linux servers.
• Design and implement disaster recovery strategies, backup/restore routines, and performance tuning. A strong understanding of database design, optimization, and query writing is essential.