Job Details
**This is a W2 opportunity and C2C is not allowed. Candidates must be able to convert full-time and not need sponsorship now or in the future.
Must Haves:
- 7+ years of experience in database administration of high availability and critical production systems
- Experience working with Oracle 19c for backup and recovery
- Experience with Oracle RAC and Data Guard
- Experience with SQL Server 2014, 2016, or 2019
- Ability to support a 24/7 production support environment performing database maintenance and tuning
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Plusses:
- MongoDB and Cassandra preferred
- Oracle certification preferred.
Day to Day:
One of our telecommunication clients is seeking to hire a Database Administrator to join their team. This person will be supporting a multi-database environment to meet the needs of their end clients. They will be working mainly with Oracle and SQL, but having experience with Cassandra and MongoDB would be a plus. Individuals will be working in a 24x7 production support environment, overseeing database maintenance, monitoring, upgrades, patching, performing tuning, and backup/recovery. Candidates should be local to Ashburn, VA and be able to go on-site 2x a month or on an as needed basis. The shift is 9-5pm but will require on-call rotations and potential weekend work.
Responsibilities will include :
- Overall maintenance, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting for Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL MongoDB and Cassandra databases:
- Install and Build database structures
- Backup & Recovery
- Apply patches and upgrade database versions
- Daily maintenance including monitoring and database maintenance tasks
- Query and performance tuning
- Part of On-Call rotation
- Develop and maintain documentation