Offer summary

Qualifications:

BA/BS Degree with 6-8 years of experience or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree., 5+ years of IT experience in a DBA role, with 3+ years in MongoDB or Sybase., Experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB is required., Strong analytical, communication, and troubleshooting skills are essential..

Key responsibilities:

Monitor and maintain the health and configurations of clustered and replicated database systems.

Perform operational activities including troubleshooting, backups, and migrations.

Deploy and optimize database systems across operational, QA, and development environments.

Provide 24x7 on-call support and assist with ad-hoc query development and data analysis.

Job description

Description

Spatial Front, inc. is seeking a hands-on Database Administrator to join our team supporting our federal client.

Summary of Major Job Functions:

Monitor clustered & replicated database systems health and configurations daily.
Ensure performance, security, and availability of databases in the operational, QA, and development environments as well as remediate problems/issues in a timely manner.
Perform day-to-day operational activities including troubleshoot, break/fix, and failovers.
Assist in the technical analysis and design for current and future projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

Deploy clustered & replicated database systems within the operational, QA, and development environments.
Handle common database procedures, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, migration, etc.
Profile server resource usage, optimize and tweak as necessary.
Monitor backups and maintenance jobs.
Identify and tune badly performing queries.
Provide assistance with ad-hoc query development and data analysis.
Provide 24x7x365 on-call rotation for after-hours support.
Be a customer advocate by consistently meeting, exceeding expectations and incorporating customer service into all aspects of work.

Requirements

BA/BS Degree with at least 6-8 years of experience. In lieu of a degree, 4 years of additional experience is required.
5+ Years of IT experience, specifically in a DBA role
3+ years working with MongoDB OR 3 + years working with Sybase
Experience with PostgreSQL
Experience with MySQL/MariaDB
Good team player with strong analytical, communication and troubleshooting skills
Able to work under pressure and multi-task
Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

Production experience with MS SQL Server
Production experience with Redis
Current or previous government contract experience
Familiarity with the Ansible Platform and writing playbooks
Familiarity with VMWare using VMWare vCenter

Additional Information

In order to meet the clearance requirements for this opportunity, candidates must be authorized to work in the US
All candidates will be subject to a complete background check to include, but not limited to Criminal History, Education Verification, Professional Certification Verification, Verification of Previous Employment and Credit History.
Public Trust background investigations can take approximately four to eight weeks and requires fingerprinting.

Other Information

The salary for this position is $75,000 - $105,000 annually
This role offers a flexible work arrangement, primarily remote with the understanding that occasional on-site presence may be required to support client needs
For information on SFI's benefits please visit http://www.spatialfront.com/pages/career.html
This is a full-time W2 position.
Please no agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-corp.
Spatial Front Inc. is an Equal-opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
Spatial Front Inc. participates in E-Verify.

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