Relational Database Administrator - Tandym Group : Job Details

A recognized government organization in Virginia is currently seeking a new Relational Database Administrator to join their growing team in a Remote capacity. Responsibilities: The Relational Database Administrator will be responsible for:

• Ensuring data is stored, organized, displayed, and analyzed in a way that allows users to perform business-related tasks
• Installing, maintaining, and optimizing database servers and systems to ensure they run efficiently and are available to authorized users
• Managing database access
• Creating and managing reports, visualizations, and dashboards
• Automating repeating tasks
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting database errors
• Performing other duties, as needed

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Relational Database Administration
• 2+ years of experience administering DB2 databases
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Strong understanding of relational databases and distributed database management
• Proven experience in planning, installation, configuration, and maintenance of database instances
• Experience in architectural DB designs at an enterprise level including high availability (HA) and scalable architectures
• Demonstrated ability in disaster recovery planning and execution in HA environments
• High proficiency with physical database and schema design in 3rd normal form
• Familiarity with logical-to-physical data modeling
• Experience in measuring RDBMS performance, using performance metrics to identify bottlenecks, and planning system-level configurations and other optimizations to mitigate performance bottlenecks
• Hands-on experience with bulk loading of structured data
• Familiarity with database security best practices and techniques
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Effective time management skills and problem-solving skills

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Relational Da0tabase Administration
• 4+ years of experience administering DB2
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Certification in DB2 administration or related technologies
• Experience in evaluating and utilizing software products for RDBMS monitoring
• Skilled in tuning and optimizing poorly performing queries
• Hands on experience with RDBMS versioning software (LiquiBase, Flyway, etc.)
• Strong team leadership skills to drive DB schema and architectural designs, as well as mentor and guide team members
• Experience with automation and scripting languages for database administration tasks (Python, Ansible, bash, etc.)
• Experience with change data capture and replication technologies such as IBM Infosphere Data Replication
• Familiarity with JSON/document Databases, such as Couchbase or Mongo DB
• Experience administering other RDBMS (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PosgreSQL)
• Familiarity with Cloud-based Database Solutions