Senior Database Administrator

The Database Administration – Senior evaluates and optimizes database configuration and access. Designs, manages and maintains the company database of medium to high complexity. Being a Database Administration – Senior performs database recovery and back-up. Resolves database performance and capacity issues. In addition, Database Administration – Senior may require a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. Being a Database Administration – Senior contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. Work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. Working as a Database Administration – Senior typically requires 4-6 years of related experience.

Senior Database Administrator Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Apply OS, application and hardware updates/patches;
  • Deploy, maintain, troubleshoot cloud services;
  • Monitor and maintain backups and recovery operations/services;
  • Provision and monitor staging/production cloud services;
  • Helping Junior colleagues to execute daily regular activities;
  • Administration and maintenance of databases (preferably Oracle);
  • Monitoring database servers, Support, maintenance and configuration of database components;
  • Adhere to Citi Standards. Identify business/technology needs;
  • Function as a fundamental part of the global team, providing services and solutions and strategy to meet customers’ needs;
  • Organizing and executing scheduled Continuity of Business (COB) tests;
  • Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures for all database related activities;
  • Implementation of code updates to production and UAT systems based upon approved change controls;
  • Structured approach towards development of processes and procedures;
  • Providing and analyzing Performance Monitoring data.

Requirements:

  • Desirable to have Database Administration Certifications. MongoDB qualification is desirable;
  • Good understanding of supporting a complex and distributed technical environment;
  • Skilled in Oracle server administration and preferably in MongoDB.