Senior Database Administrator 

Anaheim, CA

Talent Orchard LLC, a Woman Owned Small Business with 8a designation has been contracted by a large defense contractor in their search for a Senior Database Administrator.

The Senior Database Administrator reports directly to the Infrastructure Service Delivery Manager and will support the City of Anaheim’s database requirements by providing application maintenance & operational support, ensure availability, drive continual service improvements to reduce cost and improve uptime and work with the application development team.  The Database Administrator will work cross functionally to resolve database and application issues, support application support and development teams, and provide guidance and recommendations around database applications, operations and overall environment improvements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and support to Application Developers
• Assist with schema design, code review, SQL query tuning
• Install, tune, implement and upgrade DBMS installations
• Plan and deploy SQL patches
• Upgrade and improve application schema and data upgrades
• Process work accurately and in a timely manner
• Pay attention to detail at all times
• Proactively and regularly make recommendations for system improvements
• Collate, prepare and present statistical information for status reporting
• Act as the technical team lead as directed by the Infrastructure manager and help support both operation and application development efforts for the City of Anaheim

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related information technology field
• Eight (8) years of experience with SQL coding
• Design and implement a business processes into functional and efficient code (i.e. stored procedures)
• Implement and manage data management best practices in accordance with City and SAIC policies and procedures
• Eight (8) years of experience in administering, managing, and tuning databases
• Eight (8) years of experience with Oracle, SQL Server or MySQL
• Good understanding of data and schema standards and concepts
• Good understand database design, modeling, implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on SAIC’s success
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player with great interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time-management skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in commercial and local governments business settings.
• ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation Certification.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze, identify and direct resolution of technical, administrative and process issues.

Established in 2010, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery.

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