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SalaryJOB TITLE: Senior Database Administrator
REPORTS TO: Director of Enterprise Information Systems
AREA: Information Technology DEPARTMENT: Sourcing
JOB LEVEL: Associate
TYPE OF EMPLOYEE: Individual Contributor
LOCATION: United States
OBJECTIVE:
The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for designing, managing and administering IT database
systems and solutions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
In order of importance, indicate the essential responsibilities of the position clear and concise, using present tense, start sentences with action
verbs and avoid using propriety names and technical jargon that may become outdated. Max 10 responsibilities
1. Determines and implements optimal database architecture and database solutions that are high
quality, scalable, and high performance to meet organizational requirements and objectives..
2. Monitors and maintains database systems including performance, backups, capacity, and
security.
3. Responds to support requests affecting database systems.
4. Understands business requirements and suggests solutions in a wide range of database services
(on-premises and cloud).
5. Interacts with managers, system architects, developers, infrastructure engineers and other team
members involved in project planning, development, and testing.
6. Educates and ensures the development teams follow best practices and standards to design
their applications for optimal use of both relational and No SQL datasets.
7. Architects and implements data governance and security for managed database platforms.
8. Collaborates on the creation and evaluation of the technology road map and uses repeatable
practices to ensure data availability, integrity, and security.
9. Understands and adheres to legal/compliance standards included in corporate policies and
accepts ownership for accomplishing existing tasks that fulfill legal/compliance requirements.
Reports compliance violations when identified.
JOB CHARACTERISTICS
SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY
In the operation of all areas in the company. Activities largely non-standardized and highly varied. Information
must be developed through analysis methods
DECISION MAKING
Performed under minimal supervision basen on politics with authorization of superiors
JUDGEMENT AND FREEDOM TO ACT
JOB DESCRIPTION
High level of judgment needed; freedom to act for determining work methods for unstructured options
may need approval from top management.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Major amount of problem solving required; incumbent is frequently required to create new methods, policies,
and/or procedures; problems are not defined and may need to be researched as they arise.
DIRECT REPORTS 0
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED DEGREE: Bachelor degree from an accredited 4 year org/university
CERTIFICATIONS: N/A
EXPERIENCE: 3 to 5 years of exp
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: E.G. Microsoft Office intermediate level, Detail oriented, etc
Strong communication skills
Strong planning/organization skills
Self-motivated
Team player and results oriented
Excellent analytical skills
Strong problem-solving skills related to database systems
Strong attention to details
Extensive experience with Microsoft T-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server database systems
Extensive experience with Microsoft SSIS and SSRS
Extensive experience with relational database design
Extensive experience with query optimization and performance analysis related to Microsoft
SQL Server
Understand and can implement data encryption using Microsoft SQL Server
Understand and can implement best practices for database security using Microsoft SQL Server
Experience with Microsoft Azure
Experience with document databases (NOSQL)
