Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Opportunity for a Database Administrator. Here are the details:

Position: Database Administrator

Location: Remote; Ideally hybrid onsite in Boston, MA

Duration: 6+ Months

Overview:

• Creates and maintains databases for test, development and production environments.
• Analyzes, tests, and implements physical database design.
• Documents environment and maintains current patches.
• Ensures data recovery, maintenance, data integrity, and space requirements for physical database are met through formulation and monitoring of policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management.
• Audits the current environments, provides capacity planning and best practices for the future production/development/test environments, which may include establishing new standards and procedures.
• Conducts performance assessment and tuning as related to the database system.
• Provides technical knowledge working with system administrators, technical managers, developers, and architects.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience
• Experience in Digital Production incident support
• Experience in database management
• Good communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding of Digital architecture
• Demonstrated understanding of back-end applications (e.g. Payments), APIs
• Previous experience in the financial industry

Desired Skills (not required but candidate will have exposure to these skills in this role):

• Bilingual in English and Spanish