Database Administrator - Senior

Database Administrator - Senior

Would you like to live and work in a community outside the hustle and bustle of a large metropolitan area but yet close enough to all the big city amenities? The quaint, coastal town of Elizabeth City, NC with plenty of southern charm will make you feel at home in no time! With its unique location in Northeastern North Carolina, it is a short drive full of waterways and woodlands to the beaches of the Outer Banks, the nearby big cities of Hampton Roads, and the entertainment and recreation opportunities of the Virginia Peninsula. Also, Richmond, VA and Raleigh/Durham, NC are three hours away and the Washington, DC metropolitan area is four. Come live the Southern coastal life and experience the satisfaction of supporting the vital and life-saving work of the US Coast Guard.

Position Requirements:

• Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of DBMS.
• Coordinate changes to computer databases.
• May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
• Participate in the database design and implementation process.
• Develop and test logical and physical database designs.
• Review logical and physical designs of existing databases and perform tuning as the senior database specialist, to ensure maximum operating efficiency.
• Perform data analysis, database design, development activities, and implementation, as directed, for databases and database conversions.
• Perform database-restructuring activities.
• Work with users and information systems development staff to determine data storage and access requirements.
• Provides highly technical expertise and guidance in the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of DBMSs.
• Evaluates and recommends available DBMS products after matching requirements with system capabilities.
• Determines file organization, indexing methods, and security procedures for specific applications.
• Controls the design and use of databases.
• Controls the global view of databases, the access to the databases, assures the safekeeping of the databases (from accidental or intentional damage or loss), and monitors the use of databases.
• Capable of defining all required database administration policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and SOP.

Education:

• Bachelor's or associate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Math, or related field or at a minimum IT Certification.
• Five (5) years' experience is equivalent to two (2) years of education.

Certification:

• This is an IAT-I Level, or higher IAT- II level certification.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of experience in database administration work, such as Oracle relational database, Ingres relational database, and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Two (2) years of experience with Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket or equivalent.
• Five (5) years of performing security remediation to systems with vulnerabilities based on security scans.
• Must be able to obtain a favorable Tier 1 for unclassified systems.