Database Administrator

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

General description of main/primary duties and responsibilities of the job, aptitude, level of complexity, span of control, autonomy, decision making and judgement. It is central and necessary to the satisfactory performance of the job. Includes the following and other duties as assigned.

Under limited supervision, this position will:

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Administer production, development, testing, and disaster recovery database systems.
• Monitor database health and proactively resolve performance issues.
• Manage database storage, growth planning, capacity forecasting, and resource optimization.
• Design and implement database standards and operational procedures.
• Support Azure SQL Database and Azure Managed Instances.
• Assist with hybrid cloud database architectures.
• Optimize database performance and cost management within Azure.
• Implement Azure backup, monitoring, and resiliency services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education, Experience, Licensure (minimum level required)

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• At least five (5) years of Microsoft SQL Server administration experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise production database environments, and Windows Server infrastructures.
• Experience implementing backup, recovery, and high availability solutions.
• Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting.

CORE COMPETENCIES

List and describe the required factors (i.e. knowledge, skills, abilities, software programs), that are needed for this role.

• Ability to communicate clearly with all levels, from staff to executive, in verbal and written form with both non-technical users and with technical IT functions and vendor teams.
• A complex understanding of computer equipment and peripherals.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adjust to quickly changing priorities, manage multiple projects, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to follow change management processes as specified.
• Ability to create and maintain good technical documentation.
• Demonstrate judgement with consistent, logical and rational approach to issues. Ability to acquire understanding and absorb new information rapidly.
• Good analytical Skills to identify significant problems and opportunities, analyze problems in depth, and relate and compare data from different sources.
• Team player by taking personal accountability and lead peers toward support of what is best for the Company.
• Displays behavior in accordance with rules of conduct and a good work ethic is applied daily in routine task management, and integrity.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Functions as an individual contributor with no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Excludes occasional visitation to the field – reference Travel section.

Office Related:

• Job is primarily performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires regular use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

HOURS / SHIFTS

• Regular business hours.
• Available for on-call rotation and responsibilities on weekends and holidays for urgent issues or emergencies during off hours, as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Minimally lift, push, carry and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Frequently be able to bend, stoop, crouch, etc.

TRAVEL

Approximate amount of time.

• Minimal travel may be required to other locations.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Summary of Available Benefits*:

• Health Care eligibility including Medical & Prescription, Dental and Vision coverages
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Dependent Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA match
• Employer Paid Insurance: Basic Life and AD&D (employee, spouse, child), Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary Insurance: Life and AD&D, Accident, Long Term Care, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance, Legal Services
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Student Loan Repayment Reimbursement
• Vacation, Personal Choice Days (PCD), Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company paid Holidays
• Wellness Reimbursement
• Subsidized Parking and Public Transportation
• Financial Well-being Program
• Professional Membership Reimbursement
• Employee Discount Programs

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on the employee’s job classification. Effective date is the first of the month after the event date or the first of the month if the event date is the first of the month.