Database Administrator

Job Duties

• Plans, coordinates, and implements a full range of professional database & services administration functions for LARA as part of the database services team.
• Provides analytical and technical support and leadership around specialized software for database systems, developing database structures for applications, and related services such as job scheduling/automation & print/document management.
  
• Assists clients and agency staff, application development teams, data architects, and business data stewards.
  
• Responsible for the support and maintenance of numerous databases and services.
  
• Responsible for the design, installation, and implementation of physical and virtual databases.
  
• Proactively monitor, write complex scripts, do performance tuning, and troubleshooting for an environment that requires a higher support level.
  
• Assist technical staff in researching about patches/upgrades, identification/troubleshooting, and resolution of database issues, and work with database security & compression tools.
  
• Responsible for assisting the planning, design, and implementation of security measures/tools which safeguard access to database files and data elements.
  
  

Requirements

• Oracle Database Administration (19c or higher)
  
• RAC (required)
  
• OEM
  
• Perform Patching and Updates
  
• Vulnerability Remediation
  

Desired Skills

• OEM - setting up alerts, metric extensions, and other capabilities we can leverage
  
• Data masking - Utilizing OEM or other solutions
  
• Experience with RAC and zero downtime patching
  
• Experience with patching - GIRU, DBRU, OJVM, JRE
  
• Ability to follow directions and communicate effectively
  
• MS Outlook (ability to schedule MS TEAMs meetings, calendaring of implementations, etc.)
  
• Documentation of processes and procedures (read, comprehend, create)
  
• Linux, vi, MobaXterm (preferred)
  
• Performance tuning, partitioning, advanced compression
  
• TOAD and SQL Developer; other tools
  
• Azure DevOps (preferred) or other ticketing system(s)
  
• Vulnerability Remediation (Tenable experience preferred)
  
• Ability to meet deadlines under tight time constraints
  

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  

Location

• Local candidates only - must be located within 2 hours of Lansing, MI.
  
• Position is a hybrid schedule will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Candidates must be willing to work overtime as needed.
  
• Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  (flexible scheduling is possible)
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
  
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.
  

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
  
• 40 hrs per week
  
• HYBRID schedule - will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week.
  

Benefits