Lead Teradata Database Administrator

The DBA is responsible for the overall database delivery of the Enterprise Data Warehouse for the Medicaid agency. It is a critical role involving expertise in working with Medicaid data itself, security, supporting and maintaining hardware and software, and ensuring we are achieving optimal performance. For example, the DBA is expected to provide a wide range of expertise including the ability to help a user to fetch data (requiring business knowledge) and the technical ability to support a major Teradata upgrade. This role requires regular onsite presence in Springfield, Illinois to perform backup/restore and support onsite maintenance by Teradata (and its subcontractors). This position will be part of our Data Engineering function and data warehousing and analytics practice.Data Engineering Functions may include database architecture, engineering, design, optimization,security, and administration; as well as data modeling, big data development, Extract, Transform, andLoad (ETL) development, storage engineering, data warehousing, data provisioning and other similar roles. Responsibilities may include Platform-as-a-Service and Cloud solution with a focus on data stores and associated eco systems. Duties may include management of design services, providing sizing and configuration assistance, ensuring strict data quality, and performing needs assessments.Required QualificationsBachelor’s degree or equivalent work experienceProven experience of at least 5+ years as primary/lead DBA with strong leadership and presentation skills.7+ years of experience as a Teradata DBA on Version 15+ (preferably 17+) and experience leading Teradata major upgrade/floor sweep3+ years of experience with Teradata 6800/1800 system or IntelliFlex5+ years of experience writing complex SQL using SQL Assistant/Teradata Studio3+ years of experience extracting, loading, and transforming structured/unstructured data using Teradata Utilities (FastLoad, Multiload, FastExport, BTEQ, TPT) in a Unix/Linux environment3+ years of experience performance tuning in a large database (>5TB) or data warehouse environment, using advanced SQL, DBQL and Explain plans3+ years of experience analyzing project requirements and developing detailed database specifications, tasks, dependencies, and estimates3+ years of experience identifying and initiating resolutions to customer facing problems and concerns associated with a query or database related business need.Data warehouse or equivalent system experienceExcellent verbal/written communication, end client facing, team collaboration, mentoring skills, and strong work ethics.Demonstrates strong culture fit through integrity, compassion, inclusion, relationships,innovation, and performance.Preferred Qualifications:Experience with State Medicaid / Medicare / Healthcare applicationsExperience working in large Design Development and Implementation (DDI) projects.Knowledge/experience with Cloud databases such as Snowflake and migration from on Prem to Cloud project5+ years logical and physical data modeling experience5+ years with Erwin or other data modeling software3+ years maintaining and creating models using OpenText BI-QueryTeradata Vantage Certified MasterExperience upgrading to Teradata IntelliFlex3+ years identifying and initiating resolutions to customer problems and concerns associated with a Data Warehouse or equivalent system3+ years working with end users/customers to understand requirements for technical solutions to meet business needs3+ years collaborating with technical developers to strategize solutions to align with business requirements3+ years defining standards and best practices and conducting code reviewsExperience working with project teams in metadata management, data/IT governance, business continuity plan, data securityExperience in Application Server Hardware/Software Administration (Windows/Linux)Experience working in matrix organization as an effective team playerExperience working in agile environment such as Scrum framework and iterative/incremental delivery/release. Experience in tools like DevOps and GitHub will be a plus.