IT Infrastructure Database Administrator

Job Description:

Overview

Deriva Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer in the US renewables market, with over 6 GW of operating or under construction wind, solar and storage projects across the country. Deriva ultimate parent is Brookfield Renewable and is poised for dynamic growth across its wind, solar, and storage portfolios. Join a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation who envision a future of energy independence using resilient, carbon-free generation. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the rapidly evolving renewable energy industry. Deriva empowers customers with innovative clean energy solutions that strengthen communities and serve future generations.

Position Summary


The IT Infrastructure Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, support, monitoring, maintenance, security, and remediation of enterprise database platforms across corporate, on-premises, cloud, and NERC CIP-regulated environments. This role supports SQL Server, Oracle, and related database technologies used by various applications across the enterprise.


The IT Infrastructure Database Administrator partners with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Application Support, Compliance, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure database systems are reliable, secure, recoverable, and compliant with organizational standards and applicable regulatory requirements.


This role is responsible for day-to-day database operations, including performance monitoring, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, access control, troubleshooting, capacity planning, documentation, and support of critical business and operational systems.


This role is based at Deriva Energy Headquarters, located in Charlotte, NC.

Key Responsibilities


Solution Definition and Review

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and development teams to design, review, and support database solutions

• Ensure database solutions meet business requirements, operational standards, security requirements, and industry best practices

• Review database architecture, configuration, performance, availability, and supportability for new and existing applications

• Provide technical input for database-related projects, upgrades, migrations, and application changes

Database Support and Maintenance

• Administer and support enterprise SQL Server, Oracle, and related database platforms across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments

• Provide operational support for databases supporting various corporate, infrastructure, business, and NERC CIP-related applications

• Provide after-hours or 24/7 support for critical database systems as required

• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents, failed jobs, connectivity issues, storage issues, performance degradation, and application-impacting problems

• Perform routine database maintenance, including index maintenance, statistics updates, database cleanup, health checks, and job monitoring

• Support database lifecycle activities, including provisioning, configuration, upgrades, decommissioning, and migrations

Monitoring, Remediation, and Performance Tuning

• Monitor database availability, performance, storage, capacity, backup status, scheduled jobs, replication, and overall system health

• Respond to database alerts and perform timely remediation to reduce business impact

• Perform root-cause analysis for recurring issues and recommend long-term corrective actions

• Implement and maintain database monitoring, reporting, and alerting standards

• Conduct performance tuning and optimization for queries, indexes, database configuration, and server resource usage

• Generate reports on database performance, usage, availability, capacity, and operational metrics as required

Patching, Upgrades, and Change Management

• Plan, test, and apply database patches, updates, and version upgrades in accordance with organizational policies

• Validate patches and upgrades in non-production environments before production deployment where applicable

• Coordinate database maintenance windows with application owners, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, vendors, and business stakeholders

• Follow established change management processes, including documentation, approvals, implementation plans, validation steps, and backout plans

• Support vulnerability remediation efforts related to database platforms and supporting infrastructure

On-Premises and Cloud Database Management

• Manage database systems hosted on-premises, in cloud environments, and across hybrid platforms

• Support cloud-based database services, including monitoring, performance, backup, recovery, access control, and cost awareness

• Work with Infrastructure teams to support database dependencies, including servers, storage, networking, identity, backups, and disaster recovery platforms

• Assist with database migrations between on-premises and cloud environments

Backup, Recovery, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery

• Implement, monitor, and maintain database backup and recovery strategies

• Ensure database backups are successful, properly retained, and regularly tested

• Perform database restores and recovery activities as needed

• Support high availability and disaster recovery solutions for critical database systems

• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, documentation, and remediation of identified gaps

Security, Compliance, and NERC CIP Support

• Ensure database platforms are secured in accordance with company policies, cybersecurity standards, and applicable regulatory requirements

• Support database administration activities within NERC CIP-regulated environments, including access control, change control, audit evidence, and secure configuration

• Implement and maintain database security controls, including user access, roles, permissions, privileged access, authentication, encryption, and logging where applicable

• Support access reviews, compliance requests, audit evidence collection, and remediation of findings

• Partner with Cybersecurity and Compliance teams to address database vulnerabilities, control gaps, and regulatory requirements

• Follow approved procedures for database changes, access modifications, patching, and administrative activity in regulated environments

Capacity Planning and Resource Management

• Conduct capacity planning to ensure databases can support current and future business needs

• Monitor and manage database storage, compute resources, memory utilization, and growth trends

• Recommend improvements to database sizing, storage allocation, retention, archiving, and resource optimization

• Identify risks related to database capacity, performance, availability, or lifecycle status

Documentation and Process Improvement

• Maintain accurate documentation of database configurations, standards, procedures, maintenance activities, changes, backup schedules, and recovery steps

• Create and maintain operational runbooks for common database support, monitoring, remediation, and recovery tasks

• Document database inventory, application ownership, criticality, dependencies, and support requirements

• Recommend improvements to database standards, automation, monitoring, reporting, and operational efficiency

• Support knowledge transfer and cross-training within Infrastructure and Application Support teams

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

• Three (3) years or more of related experience in addition to bachelor's degree
• In lieu of a bachelor's degree in a related field, an associate's degree in data science, computer science, engineering, statistics, or a related field AND six (6) years of relevant work experience
• In lieu of an associate's degree in a related field, HS Diploma/GED AND eight (8) years of relevant work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Proven experience as a SQL Server, Oracle, or Enterprise Database Administrator
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server and/or Oracle database administration
• Experience supporting databases in both on-premises and cloud environments
• Experience with database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and optimization
• Experience implementing and supporting database backup, restore, and recovery procedures
• Strong understanding of database security principles, access controls, privileged access management, and secure configuration practices
• Experience supporting production systems, critical applications, and enterprise business environments
• Experience working within incident, request, change, and problem management processes
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across technical and business teams
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts and issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience supporting databases in regulated environments such as NERC CIP, SOX, energy, utilities, financial services, or other critical infrastructure sectors
• Experience with cloud database platforms, including Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, AWS RDS, Oracle Cloud, or similar services
• Experience with high-availability and disaster recovery technologies, including clustering, replication, log shipping, Always On Availability Groups, Data Guard, or comparable solutions
• Experience with database patching, vulnerability remediation, audit support, and compliance evidence collection
• Proficiency with PowerShell, SQL scripting, automation, reporting, and infrastructure monitoring tools
• Familiarity with Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, identity and access management, networking, storage, and backup technologies
• Experience supporting vendor-hosted or third-party enterprise applications with database dependencie

Core Competencies

• Enterprise database administration

• SQL Server and Oracle support

• Database monitoring and remediation

• Performance tuning and optimization

• Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery

• Security and compliance support

• NERC CIP awareness

• Change management discipline

• Cloud and on-premises database operations

• Documentation and process improvement

• Cross-functional collaboration

Working Conditions

• This role is intended to be located at the Deriva Energy Headquarters office in Charlotte, NC. or another strategic Deriva Energy location.

• This is an in-person position with flexibility to work remotely once per week

Benefits

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• 401(k) with matching

• Employee assistance program

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Parental leave

• Attractive Bonus Potential

Additional Information:

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Deriva welcomes veterans of the United States Armed Forces to apply for this position. Deriva includes veterans of all branches and a diverse set of occupational specialties. We value the independent thinking, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork that our veterans have developed through their service. We welcome applications from any service and any military occupational specialty.

Deriva Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, protected veteran or military status, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.