Teradata Database Administrator

Job Title: Teradata DBA

Work Location:

This is a hybrid position based in either:

• Jacksonville, FL
• Charlotte, NC

Employment Type: W2

• Experience Level: 10 Years

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced Teradata Database Administrator (DBA) with 10 years of experience in enterprise database administration, maintenance, performance optimization, and production support. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience managing Teradata environments, including installation, configuration, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, security, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• The candidate will be responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, security, and performance of Teradata database environments supporting critical business applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform Teradata database administration, including installation, configuration, upgrades, maintenance, and ongoing support.
• Install, configure, and maintain Teradata database environments and related components.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and overall system performance.
• Perform performance monitoring and tuning to optimize queries, workloads, and database resources.
• Develop and maintain backup and recovery procedures to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Support disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing, and implementation for Teradata environments.
• Manage database security, including user accounts, roles, permissions, access controls, and authentication.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in development, test, and production environments.
• Provide production support and participate in incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Perform database maintenance activities, including space management, workload management, and system health checks.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, development, and data teams to resolve database issues and support business requirements.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and database standards.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance, upgrades, deployments, and on-call support as required.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 10 years of experience in database administration, with strong experience supporting Teradata environments.
• Hands-on experience with Teradata Database Administration.
• Strong experience with Teradata installation and configuration.
• Experience with database maintenance, monitoring, and administration in large enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of backup and recovery processes.
• Experience supporting disaster recovery and high-availability environments.
• Strong understanding of database performance monitoring and tuning.
• Experience with Teradata security, user management, roles, and access controls.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience providing production database support in a 24x7 enterprise environment.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional technical teams.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in large-scale enterprise or financial services environments.
• Experience with Teradata utilities and database management tools.
• Knowledge of SQL and database performance optimization.
• Experience with database upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring, incident management, and change management processes