Job Description :
Job Title: Database Administrator
Location: Reston, VA
W2 Only
Local VA. MD, DC
GC & Citizen''s
ONLY ACCEPTING DIRECT W2 APPLICANTS NON CORP-TO-CORP AT THIS TIME
Seeking experienced Database Administrator who is responsible for database
administration in a fast-paced operations environment supporting 24x7
business critical applications using analytical and transactional databases
primarily on Oracle and secondary level on DB2 UDB databases, willing to
work on shifts including night and weekend on-site support. Database
Administrator will be able to perform troubleshooting any database issues,
performance analysis, ensuring database security, evaluating new database
trends and technologies, developing and testing Unix shell scripts, PERL
scripting and coding required for database administration and associated
database tools.
Responsibilities Include:
Provide DBA support on all aspects of databases administration including
backup/recovery, replication, deployment and real time production
troubleshooting responsibilities on Oracle Standalone and RAC databases.
Install, configure, monitor, upgrade and maintain database in production
and non-production environments
Provide 24x7 on call DBA support for production environment on rotation
and need basis
Provide Database deployment support for Test and Production environments
Diagnose and address database performance issues using performance
monitors and various tuning techniques
Interact with Storage and Systems administrators on Linix/Unix/VM
operating systems issues related to Databases
Able to write database maintenance and automation scripts
Configure and maintain Database High availability
Support data guard replication
Troubleshoot database production problems and database connectivity issues
Implement DR solutions
Ability to work well as a team and as an individual with minimal
supervision
Required skills
More than 7 years of experience in Database administration
Solid understanding of Database technology Oracle DB and RAC
Extensive Database performance tuning experience
Deep knowledge of industry-standard, enterprise-class best practices for
a large database environment
Good understanding of Linux/VM platform
Deep understanding of HA, DR Database and storage technologies like Data
replication, SRDF/non-SRDF
Experience implementing, supporting and auditing database security
Experience with Unix/Linux OS platform and Unix Shell/Perl scripting and
automation
Preferred skills
Experience supporting DB2 UDB databases platform under Unix/Linux
platforms
Experience with Big Data, NoSQL database technologies such as Apache
Cassandra, MongoDB, HBase, CouchBase, Matrix, etc.
Experience with Database monitoring tools such as Foglight
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working in virtual environment using VMware
Database performance tuning skills
Database vendor certification