What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Administrator position at Forbes Technical Consulting?
Title: Database Administrator, Oracle & Postgres
Location: Itasca, IL (4 days onsite)
Type: 24 month contract
Domestic and International Travel required: 20-25%
US Citizens and GCH encouraged to apply (this opportunity does not offer sponsorship now or in the future)
Responsibilities:
- Fully support, configure, maintain, migrate, and upgrade database environments on premise and in the cloud
- Monitor and support Oracle WebLogic Middleware
- Develop and maintain standards and procedures for the DBA team and automate routine tasks
- Participate in migration efforts of legacy on-prem databases to SaaS or IaaS options
- Responsible for application deployments, configurations, certificate management, analyzing error logs, tuning, and http server troubleshooting
- Performs database modifications as required to support system enhancements, implementations, maintenance, and data recovery
- Monitors database integrity in a proactive manner with respect to hardware corruption, software malfunctions, and user error
Requirements:
- Strong, recent Oracle and Postgres database administration technical skills, knowledge and background, including performing maintenance of the databases, integrations and upgrading the system, including patches, service packs, security configurations, hot fixes and disaster recovery.
- Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of database infrastructure
- Support integration efforts related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including data migration, and application alignment across acquired entities.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to describe complex, highly-technical issues using simple, clear and precise language
- Experience working in multiple database environments
- Bachelor’s degree is preferred
Salary : $50 - $65