Senior Database Administrator

The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator (Database Administrator III) and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC’s cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics. The DBA III works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle and Azure Microsoft SQL. This role will require converting Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions to Azure SQL.II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONSMinimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.YearsRequired/PreferredExperience10RequiredDatabase experience8RequiredExperience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)8RequiredExperience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)8RequiredExperience in database design, analysis and performance tuning8RequiredExperience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning8RequiredExperience designing enterprise applications and/or services8RequiredExperience creating technical and functional design documentation8RequiredExperience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology – (Scrum, for example)8RequiredExperience with multi-tier system/application development – (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)8PreferredExperience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure6PreferredExperience with Azure6PreferredAbility to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL3PreferredExperience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git3PreferredExperience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development1PreferredAzure certification is preferred1PreferredDBA Associate certifications are preferred