Database Administrator

Requisition ID:236507

• Relocation Authorized:None
• Position to be Panel Interviewed?No
• Requisition Posting End Date:07/30/2021

Position Summary:

Working within a discipline, the Database Administrator will plan and conduct independent work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, and adaptation of information technology techniques, procedures, and criteria in areas including infrastructure operations. This position will devise new approaches to problems encountered to provide solutions to the customer. The Database Administrator will support a discipline in the performance of complex and demanding assignments requiring initiative and independent judgment. This position will perform work that requires the application of a significant range of fundamental principles in a variety of contexts.

Responsibilities:

• Defines operating procedures and maintenance schedules and liaises with customers to assess and develop appropriate information technology solutions
• Analyzes, diagnoses, designs, plans, executes and evaluates work to time, cost, and quality targets
• Perform database software installation /patch/upgrade to development, test, and production servers
• Perform database instance and schema creation, migration, merge, reorganization, archive, restoration
• Perform database instance backup and recovery as necessary
• Perform database instance and schema security setup
• Perform database and data tuning, capacity planning, change management
• Perform database tool and technology evaluation
• Exhibits thorough familiarity with available methods, procedures, tools, equipment, and standards associated with own area of specialization and makes correct choices from alternatives
• Assist program developers with database design issues, use of functions, stored procedures, and packages
• Configure distributed database services (replication and high availability) and maintain, monitor such services
• Provide advice and guidance on technical matters
• Be able to log Service Requests (SRs) with Oracle and Microsoft, apply patches and coordinate with developers, support analysts and users to verify a patch has corrected a problem without negative consequences
• Perform coordination with a geographically disbursed team of Operations DBAs
• Able to work non-standard shifts to support other time zones.

Qualification and Skills:

Skill Group Skill Proficiency Level

Technical Automation Skills Microsoft Windows 2012/2019 Intermediate

Technical Automation Skills Oracle Linux 7 Intermediate

Technical Automation Skills Oracle RDBMS (12c/18c/19c Multitenant) Advanced

Technical Automation Skills MS SQL Server (2012,2014,2016,2019) Advanced

Basic Qualifications

• Recognized degree in Computer Science or Information Systems from an accredited college or university, or specialized courses in general information technology or relevant information technology disciplines, OR In lieu of a degree 10 years of experience
• 5+ years experience as an Oracle DBA and 3 or more years as an MS SQL Server DBA with Windows platform experience
• Extensive experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

Additional Qualifications/ Skills

• Knowledge of various forms of database high availability options and replication
• Knowledge with Idera SQL Server Diagnostics Manager
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Neo4j
• Knowledge of Azure Cloud support
• Knowledge of projects or functions including engineering, procurement, construction, and other business applications
• Knowledge of infrastructure systems architecture concepts, configurations, and standards
• Skill in working with customers to understand their requirements and expectations by asking questions and listening
• Able to work overtime to support activities as necessary
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required
• Extensive work experience in information technology or relevant equivalent experience in other information systems and technology disciplines
• Must demonstrate a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem-solving
• Oracle certification preferred

Work Location:

This position will be filled in either the Reston, VA office, Houston, TX office or the Glendale, AZ office.

As per current pandemic conditions, this DBA position is on a work-from-home (WFH) basis.

Post pandemic, the position may require the candidate to physically work in the office location. That decision will be up to the employer.

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.