Senior DBA Engineer

About GuideIT

GuideIT is a US based technology services company headquartered in Plano, Texas, focused on providing value to its customers by aligning technology with business outcomes, maximizing value through cost management and allowing rapid, proactive response to change. We are looking for a full-time Senior DBA Engineer to join our team! Candidate must be results oriented, highly adaptable and thrive in a team environment centered on mutual trust and respect.

Summary:

Senior Level Database Administrator with a minimum of 5-6 years’ experience. Must possess advanced skills and experience in database design, development, security, backup, recovery, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for ensuring all database system operational processes are managed according to established service level agreements
• Administration of database objects such as indexes, tables, views, constraints, stored procedures
• Archiving, backup / recovery, replication, cloning, import/export, and refresh
• Administration of database users
• Capacity Management and storage management
• Design, test, and optimize/tune RDBMS components
• Contribute to design, maintenance, and documentation of integrated database security and components in relation to SOX and SAS70 compliance
• Review and assess new features or upgrades to existing RDBMS components as well as application database changes
• Develop, maintain, and optimize programming code for maintenance jobs and application reporting tools
• Develop shell scripts as required
• For databases that may be supported in the future, reviews product literature to assess RDBMS differences and unique features
• Test new technologies and report results

Education/Experience:

• BS/BBA in MIS or CS required or equivalent education
• Minimum of five plus years’ experience as a DBA in a production and development environment
• Required hands on experience with:
• Amazon Redshift
• Spectrum
• PostgreSQL
• OLAP
• Prefer experience working with healthcare related databases and environments

Specific Requirements:

• Able to identify performance issues and design/implement solutions in an effective manner.
• Able to complete assignments that are defined in general terms
• Self-motivated to direct own work flow in a manner that maximizes results and meets goals and schedules
• Desire to produce high quality, thorough work
• Able to prepare and maintain comprehensive and accurate documentation
• Must be able to adapt presentation to a specific target audience (i.e., client management/personnel)
• Able to transfer conceptual knowledge from current skill set in order to quickly develop expertise in new databases, platforms, or networks
• Adapt well to changing project and departmental priorities. Able to work scheduled hours and overtime when needed
• Strong team orientation, open-minded, able to listen to other's ideas. Good understanding of his/her role, his/her Manager's role, and can work well with others
• Willingness to develop expertise in other areas
• Willingness to actively participate in group cross-training by sharing personal areas of expertise with other engineers

Work Location:

Hybrid work environment with both remote/home office and in person at GuideIT corporate office in Plano, Texas.

Benefits

• GuideIT offers competitive pay, performance-based bonuses and 401K with match. Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, paid holidays and paid time off for full-time employees.

GuideIT is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. It is the policy of GuideIT to encourage and support equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, disabled veteran, or Vietnam era veteran status.