Database Administrator

Phone/Skype hire. Onsite from Day 1 / Hybrid. Local preferred. State of TX residency is must. Location: Austin, Texas Duration: 6+ months Responsibilities Supports the installation of database software and migrations to new data management system software levels, and tests the migrations to ensure data reliability and functionality. Analyzes, designs, modifies, and maintains database structures. Designs and implements procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures. Establishes and implements database security controls and user access levels. Evaluates and recommends database software packages for potential acquisition. Prepares and develops database documentation, procedures, and definitions for data dictionaries. Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models. Performs database performance monitoring and implements efficiency improvements. Assists in modifying existing databases and database management systems. Assists in developing standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures designed to ensure the integrity of the database environment. Required Skills and Experience 5 years Required: Strong knowledge of database management systems, as well as data warehouse management and decision support tools. 5 years Required: Extensive experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of data warehouses and data marts is desired. 5 years Required: Experience in business objects and in building the data dictionary. 5 years Required: Ability to use database access tools for application delivery. 5 years Required: Strong familiarity with analysis, planning and management reporting functions. 5 years Required: Well-developed oral and written communications skills. 5 years Required: Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills. 5 years Required: Extremely high level of analytical ability where problems are very unusual and extremely difficult. 5 years Required: Understanding of benchmarking processes and techniques. 5 years Required: Very high level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees, and elicit work output. 5 years Required: Data Warehousing data population and data modeling techniques for target structures such as Star Schemas, Snowflake Schemas, and highly normalized data models. 5 years Required: GUI based ETL tools such as Informatica, IBM WebSphere DataStage, or similar tools. 5 years Required: Implementation experience with enterprise class databases e.g. Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. or similar technologies. 5 years Required: Implementation experience with analytical and reporting tools e.g. Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion, MicroStrategy or similar tools. 5 years Required: Experience with data warehouse implementation process, from business requirements through logical modeling, physical database design, data sourcing and data transformation, data loading, Structured Query Language (SQL), end-user tools, database and SQL. 5 years Required: Excellent analytical; problem-solving; team playing; and oral and written communication skills. 5 years Required: Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities. Preferred Skills and Experience 5 years Preferred: Oracle Database experience. 1 year Preferred: SSRS report creation. 5 years Preferred: M204 database experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr Software People, Inc.