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.