Database Administrator - Office Of Information Technology

Database Administrator - Office of Information Technology

Database Administrator - Office of Information Technology

DESCRIPTION: Deploys and manages enterprise Oracle databases, operates independently for all sizes of databases, performs routine, complex and emergency database administration tasks to ensure and maximize service availability; Leads and directs teams for large-scale projects, new implementations, upgrades, etc. Provides direction and support to junior staff. Serves as expert and leader of the database services teams. Work is completed with no oversight; delivers accurate and quality work and must have ability to grasp new technologies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years IT database administration experience

Preferred:

• Linux skills
• Oracle management tools knowledge
• Banner, Admin Pro, Astra, Transis, Nolij, Unanet, Archibus, ODS, UC4, UAchieve, OEM, OUD, Toad knowledge

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLILITIES:

• Directs and supervises projects team members efforts
• Responsible for critical, high impact services with large (e.g. campus-size) user bases
• Performs other related duties as required
• Fulfills service requests for Oracle databases under the responsibility
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and functional teams on large-scaled projects
• Provides instruction, direction and mentoring to more junior staff
• Responsible for overall work efforts in the development and implementation of new Oracle databases under the direction of more senior DBAs
• Accountable for the performance of databases
• Researches and trains on new Oracle database technologies
• Responsible for resolution of high impact or urgency problem and incident management issues
• Good analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Oversees the resolution of lower impact or urgency problem and incident management issues by junior staff
• Follows and creates documentation (e.g. instructions, configurations, best practices, service information)
• Leads projects, including planning, managing resources, and delivering final products
• Possesses expert domain knowledge in database area and knowledge of related areas
• Reviews the work of Junior DBA to ensure that services requests are correctly and effectively performed