Database Administrator jobs in Schenectady, NY

Basic Qualification:

• An active SECRET or the ability to obtain a SECRET Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 5 - 7 years, or master’s degree with 3 - 5 years, or PhD with 1 - 2 years’ experience is required; four (4) years of experience can be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience developing, updating, and deploying SQL queries.
• Experience using SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or other ETL.
• Proficient with the DB2 Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).
• Ability to directly interface with clients from end users to project management, sensitive to clients' needs, able to develop excellent client relationships.
• Ability to design, implement and support database and application backup and recovery solutions.

Preferred Qualification:

• Active Secret Security Clearance.
• Federal government customer DBA project experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining all environments (servers, patching, databases, and applications) including Development, Test and Production.
• Developing and maintaining database management systems (transactional and reporting).
• Developing new O&M Manuals for those systems who do not have a current O&M Manual and update in accordance with the deliverables schedule.
• Operating and maintaining the database management systems and platforms deployed in the US and Missions, including routine maintenance, upgrades, capacity planning, monitoring for availability and performance tuning, diagnosing/troubleshooting, database backup, and recovery.
• Installing, configurating, developing and supporting customer specific applications that are unique to the organization mission objectives.
• Planning and scheduling maintenance including security patching and emergency responses for database management systems and platforms in the production environment.
• Administering business services, databases, and tools including account creation, access control settings, password resets, executing data scripts as per SOPs, tracing sessions, and providing logs.
• Coordinating with platform Contractors / vendors for issuing and receiving patches to resolve database server software related defects.
• Implement data at rest encryption for new databases.
• Supporting the platform system administrators for database and web applications in providing analysis and recommendations for any system or performance improvements, such as SQL Profile Changes and Database Indexes.
• Performing maintenance of the Change Management Database (CMDB)
• Generating the monthly performance reports for each response SLA, to include raw databased reports and the identification and explanation of anomalies that caused changes in data or SLA performance.
• Upgrading and maintaining DB2 and related 3rd party software at or above release levels.
• Ensuring all DBA activities meet contract SLAs.

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