Database Administrator Lead

Role: Database Administrator Lead

Job type- Contract

Location: Richardson, TX 75082 (PREFERRED) or Chicago, IL 60601

Responsibilities

Job Description:

Duties & Responsibilities

As a Lead Database Administrator, you’ll play a critical role in managing and optimizing databases within the healthcare domain. Your expertise will be essential for maintaining data integrity, ensuring performance, and supporting critical applications. Here are the key responsibilities and qualifications:

• Database Management: Oversee the creation, maintenance, upgrade, patching, tuning, backup, and recovery of various MS SQL Databases.
• Capacity Planning: Plan and manage the capacity of database management systems.
• Standards and Procedures: Define and enforce standards and procedures related to database management systems.
• Performance Tuning and Optimization: work with development teams to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Technical Documentation: Maintain detailed technical documentation.
• Database Strategy: Lead efforts to define database strategy, architecture, standards, and procedures.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot database issues and implement corrective measures as needed.
• Application Support: Support application development projects by establishing database-related standards and procedures.
  
  

Qualifications

• Education: A relevant degree such as a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Certifications: Relevant certifications such as AWS, DBA, DB2, ITIL, or MCSE.
  
  

Experience

• At least five years of experience as a development DBA, with advanced knowledge of large, multi-terabyte databases in a 24/7 environment.
  
  

Desired Skills

• Backups
• Database management
• Patching
• Restores
• Clustering concepts and procedures