Senior Database Administrator

SR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR SANTA CLARA, CA 12 MONTH CONTRACT

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This position will be responsible for managing up to ten highly available database clusters across geographically different datacenters. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE STRONG EXPERIENCE WITH MICROSOFT SQL. Experience with other databases is a plus (ie Oracle, MySQL).

Job Description:

Ensures availability, scalability and uptime requirements of database services are clearly understood and addressed. Evaluates progress and results of development efforts. Preserves the integrity and design of the databases to support mission-critical databases necessary for business operations.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide service to SaaS Services by providing proactive knowledge and acting as an escalation point for Engineering, Service Support, and Service Delivery. Resolve issues & incidents within SLA.
- Proactively work with vendorsact as single point of contact for DBA related issues.
- Coordinate with network engineering to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of database environment to meet business demands.
- Recommend and execute modifications to database infrastructure in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance.
- Keep current with related technologies and releases.
- Execute proof of concept tactical plans. Confer with end-users, clients, or business owners to define business requirements for complex systems and infrastructure development.
- Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement.
- Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
- Carry off-hours escalation as part of a pager-rotation shift or an emergency with 10 minutes of Response Time.
- Ensure completeness and quality of all deliverables
- Manage the timely resolution of issues within work stream
- Ensure adherence to corporate policies and standards to meet compliances, availability and disaster recovery, acting as an escalation point for project team members to provide issue resolution.
- Manage relationships with counterparts including functional owners or work streams
- Own technology solution within respective area of sub expertise including overall design, key decisions, and relations with business owners.
- Provide guidance and support to the enterprise; act as escalation point of contact for DBA related issues.
- Coordinate with network engineering to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of database environment to meet business demands.

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