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KēSTA I.T is actively seeking a Senior Database Administrator for an immediate contract engagement with our government client.
Work Location: This position is Hybrid
Job Description:
We Are Seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Administrator to provide advanced database infrastructure support for complex Oracle environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity. This role is responsible for supporting critical database systems, managing upgrades and maintenance, and ensuring compliance with database standards and best practices. The Senior Database Administrator will also support disaster recovery planning, database monitoring, and continuous improvement of database environments.
Responsibilities:
Database Administration and Infrastructure Support
· Provide ongoing database administration support for complex Oracle database environments.
· Monitor database environments to ensure performance, availability, and reliability.
· Support high availability and disaster recovery database solutions.
· Monitor database jobs, scheduled processes, and system alerts to proactively identify issues.
· Troubleshoot database functionality, connectivity, and performance issues.
· Support database replication, backup, and recovery environments.
Database Maintenance and Optimization
· Install, configure, and maintain database management software in development and test environments.
· Apply database patches, upgrades, and service packs.
· Perform database integrity checks and monitor results.
· Manage database storage including space allocation, fragmentation management, and capacity planning.
· Modify database parameters based on system growth and performance requirements.
· Execute scripts to create and modify database objects such as tables, indexes, and views.
Governance, Standards, and Collaboration
· Enforce database standards, policies, and procedures.
· Research and recommend improvements to database practices and technologies.
· Evaluate the impact of system changes and new technologies.
· Develop and maintain database documentation and operational procedures.
· Collaborate with technical teams, architects, and external partners on database initiatives.
· Serve as a technical liaison for database-related matters.
Required Skills:
- 15+ years of experience in database administration with Oracle databases (version 18c or higher).
- 5+ years of experience developing and maintaining technical documentation.
- Experience supporting high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) database solutions.
- Experience supporting database replication, backup, and recovery processes.
- Experience supporting clustered database environments.
- Experience monitoring and troubleshooting production database environments.
- Strong knowledge of database performance monitoring and tuning.
- Experience managing database storage, capacity planning, and system performance.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience supporting large, complex enterprise database environments.
- Experience working within highly regulated or mission-critical IT environments.
- Experience supporting multiple database environments across development, test, and production.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional infrastructure and development teams.
Available Benefits:
· Medical Benefits (Platinum level plans available)
· Work from home / Hybrid / Onsite options
· PTO
· Holiday Pay
· VTO
· 401K
· Charitable Match
· Training reimbursement
About KēSTA I.T.:
Our name says it all; KēSTA I.T. (Keys-to-I.T.) AND our people are our keys to our success!
KēSTA I.T. is a premier Utah-based technical staffing and consulting services firm. We specialize in temporary and permanent placement of Software, Hardware, Network, Cloud, CRM/ERP, Data, End-User support, Web and Executive / leadership-based positions on a full time and consulting basis.
If you're interested in a role where top performance is rewarded, personal time is valued, and excellence is demanded at every level we want to talk to you today!
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