Database Administrator

What you will be doing!

Responsibilities

As a Database Administrator, you will be responsible for maintaining the integrity, security, availability, and compliance of databases throughout their life cycle in accordance with business processes. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Performing disaster recovery
• Conducting performance analysis and tuning
• Maintaining indexes
• Monitoring database performance
  
  

Additionally, you will evaluate and recommend database management system products, administer both databases and application servers, and organize and format data for efficient querying and storage. Overall, your role will ensure that databases operate smoothly and meet the organization's needs..

Job Description / Requirements

• Knowledge in use of the following databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, Postgres
• Create/Maintain bash scripts to dump and load databases as well as perform various maintenance tasks:(Rebuild Indexes, Update Statistics). Also perform basic database dump and load, transaction logging, and performance tuning
• Able to run SQL agent jobs for MSSQL, familiar with installing software on Linux platforms.
• RedHat Ansible
• Identify management via Active Directory and Centify
• Use Salt to deploy config files to end nodes and do various interrogations (Ping, DNS)
• NxLog, SALTSstack, Wazuh, NIFI for reading end node logs, HAproxy load balancer,
• Ability to Request, Renew, and Install/Update PKI certs. Convert from pkcs12 to various formats
• Basic familiarization with nLyte, NEO datacenter inventory management application
• NIFI - ability to automate dataflows between software systems
• Ranger/Docker - the ability to configure containerized applications. Primarily for distributed applications
• Kubernetes - the ability to configure open source platforms for container orchestration. Container management includes: app packing/scheduling, load balancing, storage orchestration, adv logging/monitoring/debugging
• Experience with Wazuh, Nxlog, Saltstack - deploy config files to end nodes and various interrogations, GIT and HAProxy load balancer
• Experience with Vcenter/Vsphere - Building VMs
  
  

Education and Experience

• Seven (7) years of experience as a DBA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university. Four (4) years of additional DBA experience on projects may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
  
  

Clearance Required: Must possess an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph security clearance to be considered for this role

Independent Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE, M/F/D/V.