Sr. Database Administrator

Sr. Database Administrator Long Term Contract Atlanta, GA Qualifications: Communication Skills: Proficient in verbal and written communication across all levels of the organization, ensuring clear and effective messaging for diverse audiences. Analytical Skills: Strong analytical abilities with a keen attention to detail. Skilled in sourcing, disseminating, and applying secondary research effectively. Education: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent. Professional Experience: 10 years as an Oracle DBA with expertise in design, implementation, backup, recovery, monitoring, and performance tuning. 5 years of experience with AWS database services, including RDS and Lambda, for automating database tasks using Python. Familiar with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and AuroraDB. Proficient in high-availability database features, replication, disaster recovery, and managing live production schema changes. Expertise in cloud technologies (S3, Route 53, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, AWS CloudWatch, AWS RDS, AWS Redshift, DynamoDB, Redis), version control (Git), and database lifecycle management. Knowledgeable in database security, backup retention policies, and scaling databases. Experience in full lifecycle management of database schema design and implementation, ensuring minimal downtime and no performance impact during changes. Collaborated with customers, deployment teams, and product management to document use case scenarios. Led data solution initiatives, establishing data standards and providing technical guidance to development teams on best practices and architectures. Responsibilities: Managed database automation in AWS using RDS and Lambda with Python. Involved in maintenance, enhancement, and design of data dictionaries and database models, with a focus on performance tuning. Configured and managed database administration tools, providing support for business applications and scheduling backup jobs. Managed access control, including password resets and account management, ensuring IP compliance. Conducted data purging and replication, both on-demand and via automated cron jobs. Resolved connectivity issues and recurring errors in application databases. Responded to database alerts, taking appropriate actions for issue resolution. Performed database creation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Provided technical assistance to users and managed database account access and changes. Ensured effective monitoring and alerting systems were in place. Conducted application database maintenance and scripting. Reviewed compliance reports and updated internal processes as necessary. Handled database recovery, including logs, backups, and disaster recovery. Managed database decommissioning, updates, and cross-platform migrations. Monitored database and server performance, recommending resource utilization improvements. Implemented security and auditing features, conducting root cause analysis for incidents. Supported heterogeneous database interfaces and middleware deployments. Developed capacity planning processes, ensuring effective resource utilization and emergency recovery strategies. Conducted team training and managed resources effectively. Researched new technologies to enhance operational reliability and compliance. Performed configuration management of database clusters and replications. "All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran."