Database Administrator

The Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for providing technical support for the database environment including the publication and organization of databases, the day-to-day administration and monitoring of databases, and the assessment and implementation of new technologies.

The DBA is challenged to work with architecture, application development, and operations staff to help achieve a stable, state-of-the-art environment that meets current and future business objectives.

The DBA also provides and designs tools to help manage the databases.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain, and monitor large-scale PostgreSQL MongoDB database platforms and clusters.
• Implement monitoring and alerting, backup, and recovery processes, and provide system and database performance tuning.
• Provide production issue identification and resolution.
• Fulfill user requests ranging from access control, backup, restore, performance tuning, and database migrations between environments.
• Provide on-call after-hours support for production issues, deployments, and monthly maintenance.
• Contribute to the organization s success by helping others accomplish job results; learning new skills needed by the team; finding new ways to help the team.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in PostgreSQL 13 or higher and MongoDB 4.4 or higher database administration.
• Previous experience with large-scale databases and multiple clusters; also, deployment skills and experience will be needed.
• Strong Linux knowledge is required.
• Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology, or other related field of study
• Has strong scripting skills to develop solutions for system automation, integration, and metadata collection.
• Experience with Ansible or AWX, pgbackrest, pgbouncer, and DBeaver is preferred.
• Experience with MongoDB OpsManager and Studio3T is preferred.
• Knowledge of MSSQL or Oracle is a plus.
• Be able to work with a global DBA team, needs to be self-motivated, and be able to work independently on assigned tasks.
• Needs to have good English communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to write accurate reports/documentation.