12864 Database Administrator

Our client requires the services of 1 Database Administrator 2 (Remote), who meets the general qualifications and specifications outlined below.

Must reside within the state of Texas.

In this role you will:

Enter codes to create production database. Select and enter codes of utility program to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory. Direct programmers and analysts to make changes to database management system. Review and correct programs. Answer user questions. Confer with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base. Modify database programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning. Workers typically specialize in one or more types of database management systems. Providing assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment. Evaluate users’ requests for new data elements and systems, incorporate them into the existing shared data environment, and provide technical assistance. Coordinate the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, load databases, and reorganize as needed. Perform data modeling and prototyping. Perform logical and physical data modeling, design relational database models, and create physical data models from logical data models. Perform security recovery procedures. Determine and implement database search strategies and storage requirements. Maintain data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary. Monitor database performance and recommend efficiency improvements. Create test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures. Execute the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures. Assist with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems. Assist with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases. Assist in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security. Assist in the selection of database management software.

Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work. Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies. Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies. Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data (via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards. Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIR Accessibility issues arise.

Required Experience:
4-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Rely on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Work under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.



Additional job details and special considerations:
This Database Administrator contractor position is part of the Administrative Applications Production Data Services team and will be working on the development and implementation of modifications and enhancements to the Financial Data Warehouse. This position will perform the duties of database development, will perform advanced database development tasks for databases used by an application with complex data models, workflows, and reports. May be required to create new logical and physical data models. The role will involve working with Oracle databases. 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. This position will develop new views, tables and PL/SQL code to be used by the customer of the Financial Data Warehouse application. Will work on activities including, but not limited to the design, development, and testing of new tables, views, PL/SQL stored procedures and functions, and necessary loaders to support the project news. Will develop and test Linux shell scripts to invoke database calls. Will develop and test scheduled jobs and shell scripts. May perform performance tuning of new and existing tables, views, PL/SQL code. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle. This role will require knowledge of Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions.