Denodo Application Admin

Job Title: Sr. Denodo Application Administrator

NO C2C

No Sponsorship

Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder.

The Sr. Denodo Application Administrator is focused on building, maintaining, monitoring and auditing of on premise application installations. This may include and is not limited to ensuring security standards are applied, troubleshooting, developing new solutions and leading projects to upgrade components or whole systems. The Lead Administrator reviews and provides recommendations for architecture standards related to on premise applications and the evaluation of cloud solutions and combinations of cloud and on premise solutions.  The Sr. Application Administrator is a senior team member in on-call rotations executing, advising and/or directing others during daily development efforts, system maintenances and instances of system failures.  The Sr. Administrator works in concert with wider support and project teams to identify and evaluate risks and opportunities for efficiencies and is part of a team that supports the planning and implementation of new systems or functions and ensures that application maintenance and upgrades are delivered on-time and with quality.

You must have 5+ years of experience of DENODO Administration,  installing, upgrading and configuring  Denodo 8.x servers in HA environments

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with, and often leads, technical resources and in some cases functional / business analysts to understand application, database, server or security requirements and translates technical or systems specifications for implementation.
• Leads and/or actively participates in design sessions to design complex technical enhancements to the application, database, server or security landscape.
• Completes assigned Application Administration deliverables, and leads teams in the completion of their assigned deliverables, including the configuration of applications, database, server or security settings and features; implements and provides ongoing support. 
• Leads and/or actively participates in Application Administration maintenance or implementation plan walkthroughs.
• Develops technical documentation to be used by Application Administration development or support teams.
• Leads and/or actively participates in testing of newly developed applications, integrations, systems, solutions and upgrades of applications or application support tools.  
• Leads and/or works closely with technical resources and in some cases functional / business analysts to prepare test plans, test data and complete integrated testing.
• Develops best practice Application Administration and change management procedures.
• Actively participates in smaller systems projects or enhancements, ensuring delivery upon assigned Application Administration tasks in alignment with project plans and estimates. 
• Sometimes leads technical teams in the delivery of their assignments.
• Provides input for, and sometimes prepares, project plans and budgets related to Application Administration for projects and enhancements
• Leads and/or actively participates in regular team retrospective events with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Promotes and leads the identification, recommendation and delivery of Application Administration improvement opportunities that improve the system solution.
• Promotes and demonstrates the sharing of Application Administration knowledge.
• Provides cross-training, peer support and leads team meetings.
• Leads and/or actively participates in the estimation and planning of future Application Administration work plans.
• Develops, reviews and approves Application Administration documentation and procedures used to maintain applications, databases, servers, and security
• Works independently, leading and providing technical support for non-production and production environments, including trouble shooting and remediation of technical issues. 
• Takes a lead role in working with third party vendors and software companies.
• Researches and answers technical application, database, server and security configuration questions.
• Serves as a final escalation point for support and provides on call support after hours as defined by the application support requirements.
• Provides direction to technical personnel and handling escalations or more complex / interdisciplinary requests for technical support, including application, system to system integrations and security administration.
• Monitors non-production and production environments and works in conjunction with, and/or leads, database administrators, security and systems administrators to provide performance tuning on application, database, server and security settings and features.
• Provides direction for the tools and scripting used to efficiently manage code migrations, environment builds, testing and implementation.
• Approves and applies patches, and delivers minor and major application upgrades.
• Maintains a deep and broad knowledge of technology, equipment, and or systems in the assigned application areas. 
• Maintains a deep and broad knowledge of the latest technologies associated with on premise Application Administrations.
• Grows knowledge beyond technical area of responsibility into related areas of technology.
• Leads and/or actively participates in external technical Application Administration communities of practice gaining and sharing technical knowledge. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in related discipline such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics, Business, Data Science or Engineering  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and help team members embrace technology change
• 7+ years Install, configure and administer Denodo 8.x servers in HA environments
• Proven track record executing multiple work streams and producing consistent results
• Strong understanding of system/Application Administration activities
• Knowledge on Active Directory, network firewall, SQL server/DB is essential.
• Provide leadership to technical team members
• Solid understanding of Web Server, App Server and Database interactivities;
• Solid understanding of application infrastructure and architecture
• Create relevant DR processes and participate in DR exercises
• Experience with integration platforms, designing and implementing ETL processes or the use of ETL tools
• Experience with interface, networking, and data warehousing technologies, as well as design, relational database technologies, and performance tuning
• Experience with authentication and authorization methods such as Shibboleth, LDAP and Active Directory
• Experience on Denodo Upgrade is essential. Upgrade to V8 is plus.
• Some exposure Denodo development is plus.
• Experience supporting Cloud and on premises applications
• Experience with multi-tier applications employing application and web servers.
• Experience with project management from planning through implementation
• 5+ years experience on Denodo

Certification: Denodo Administrator Certification within the first year of employment.