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Senior Database Administrator

Theoris, Berkeley Heights, NJ, United States


Theoris Services is assisting our client in their search for a Sr. Database Administrator to add to their growing team. Our client is seeking someone who designs, installs, maintains and upgrades the enterprise’s production databases. Provides technical expertise in the use of database technology. Accountable for the overall performance of the enterprise’s database environment. Works closely with clients, business analysts, systems programmers, and application developers to define and resolve information flow and content issues---helping to transform business requirements into environment specific databases. Monitors and analyzes performance metrics and allocates database resources to achieve optimum database performance. Performs additional job duties as required.

Responsibilities

Analyze business requirements and provide server and database sizing

Identify database bottlenecks and provide remediation steps

Perform database restore actions

Design, implement, and test enterprise level disaster recovery solutions

Design, implement, and test high availability database solutions including clustering

Perform user provisioning

Design and implement security configuration including grants, roles, and profiles

Perform database security monitoring

Perform database auditing and implementing security standards

Perform database tuning related tasks

Design, size, and implement enterprise level database systems

Install and configure database software

Perform database upgrade and patching

Complete database migrations from legacy to new hardware

UNIX shell scripting

Server capacity planning and resource analysis

Design and implement logical database schemas including ERD diagraming

Control and execute code deployments to upper database environments

Execute database data movement to satisfy ETL, backup/recover, and other business needs

Administer and maintain ETL tools including Informatica

Implement and support enterprise level database backup solutions

Configure monitoring across all enterprise databases

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

Deep understanding or experience supporting databases on Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) or ExaData/ExaCC/ExaCS

Hands‑on experience working with Oracle 12.1 through 19c.

Database installation, upgrading, migrating, patching, disaster recovery, high availability, monitoring, assessing, and providing resolution.

Experience with Oracle OEM for database monitoring, and problem diagnosis

Experience with backup and restore using RMAN

Knowledge and experience with database capacity planning

Experience monitoring and analysis of performance metrics and allocation of database resources to achieve optimum database performance

Familiarity with fail‑over testing and participation in DR exercise

In‑depth knowledge of Goldengate or Data Guard replication

Knowledge of other open‑source database platforms

Working with Python, Shell, and PowerShell scripting.

Designing automated deployments.

Experience with Unix (AIX), and Linux operating system.

Experience with Informatica.

Experience with change management tools including ServiceNow.

We are in the people business; treating people right is our ONLY priority. Theoris Services consultants are full‑time employees with full benefits, including:

Robust Health Insurance

401(k) plan

About Theoris Our goal is to Fuel Your Career! As a Theoris team member, you join a culture based on people‑centered values and an environment that fosters both personal and professional growth. We build long‑term relationships with our clients and our consultants. With over 30 years of building strong relationships in the industry, we’re uniquely positioned to make the right connections. This knowledge is used to find the right job placement. Our recruiting teams are experts dedicated to the information technology and engineering staffing space and are highly respected by our client base.

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