Data Base Administrator

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JOB INFORMATION

Job Title:

Data Base Administrator

Job ID #

J1040

Job Family:

Specialized Professional

Reports To Position:

Senior Leadership

FLSA

COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Responsible for providing technical support for the database environment including overseeing the development and organization of databases, assessment and implementation of new technologies and providing IT with a long-term perspective on the relationship between database technology and business objectives.

Organizational Summary

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Maintain system level entity relationship diagrams, translate business requirements into transactional database schema designs.

Assess the appropriateness of replicated data and verify compatibility of database tool and application software packages with existing database architectures and standards.

Maintain meta data, administer the development and staging environments data repository.

Determine data types and optimize the physical database design for the specific Database Management System (DBMS).

Approve schema changes, call patterns and Sequel (SQL) code.

Code and install changes to the database schema, stored procedures and replication processes utilizing DBMS or package-specific techniques as appropriate.

Work closely with a team of developers and be actively involved in design decisions; consult developers on performance and optimizing SQL scripts.

Develop and execute procedures to validate changes to the database infrastructure.

Prepare required documentation and participate in change control.

Work with production database administrators to migrate schema and stored procedure changes to production and participate in the verification processes.

Model, define, create and maintain database resources.

Create and/or review data models.

Review and test new technologies and architectures that support and are aligned with applications.

Proactively work to assist others in achieving the organization's objectives.

Bachelor's or equivalent combination of education and/or experience required.

5+ years in data analysis, database administration, or database replication in a high volume multi-platform transactional environment required.

Experience with data warehousing technologies preferred.

Must possess conceptual knowledge of project management techniques.

Must possess solid technical skills with ability to research and solve complex problems.

Must have excellent written, verbal, and documentation skills.

Must be able to multi-task.

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.  The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.