Senior Database Administrator

Description of Requirements

NGIT Clients Networks & Infrastructure department is seeking a resource to join their Database team. The successful candidate will work within the existing team to help with the design, implementation, and administration of the various components of the Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database Server, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle HTTP Server, and Certificate Authority infrastructure. The resource will follow team standards based on current industry and security best practices for the configuration and implementations of server infrastructure.

NGIT Client is seeking a resource to design, implement and administer our Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database Server, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle HTTP Server, and Certificate Authority infrastructure utilizing industry and security best practices. The resource MUST have a minimum 10 years of recent and practical database administration experience and a minimum 5 years of recent and practical senior database administration experience. Experience that incorporates cloud services would be an asset.

Ideally the resource will have:

• Proven competency in Microsoft on-premises SQL Server design, implementation, and administration

• Proven competency in Oracle Database Server design, implementation, and administration

• Proven competency in Oracle Access Manager and Oracle HTTP Server design, implementation, and administration

• Proven competency with database security best practices

• Proven competency with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) administration

• Proven competency with certificate management

• Experience in influencing and establishing collaboration direction within an organization.

• Understanding of enterprise level on-premises server and cloud architecture

• Understanding of integrations of an on-premises environment and the cloud

• North American job experience

Typical activities in this role include:

• Design, Implementation, documentation, administration and troubleshooting of the enterprise database environment.

• Helps prepare plans for development and installation of database and database servers according to present and future requirements.

• Provide expert technical design, implementation, and administration of the Microsoft SQL Server environment.

• Provide expert technical design, implementation, and administration of the Oracle Database Server, Oracle Access Manager and Oracle HTTP Server environments.

• Provide expert support, administration of the Certificate Authority infrastructure.

• Monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting and resolution of system problems to ensure system availability.

• Manage and maintain database disaster recovery including planning, implementation, maintenance, and testing.

• Manage and maintain the configuration, administration, upgrade, and maintenance of operational technology database and related infrastructure.

• Interacts with our user base (corporate and field employees) on an as needed basis regarding technology issues and escalations.

• Works with database and application patch management processes and procedures to facilitate deployment.

• Maintains systems integrity through change control and problem management procedures and communication with internal customers.

• Follows Standard Operating Procedures when carrying out position responsibilities.

• Attends and participates in team meetings.

• Participate in the after hours on call rotation.

• Act as a representative of the Networks & Infrastructure department