Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator

Immediate need for a talented Senior Database Administrator with experience in the Telecom Industry. This is a 5+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Warren, NJ. Please review the job description below.

Key Responsibilities:

• Experience on UNIX with minimum 8-10 years working experience in all areas of database Administration performance tuning, data-pump, backup recovery, KSH programming, PLSQL, parameters, replication methods.
• Oracle RAC/ASM. SQL-server, Data-replication tools – Shareplex & Golden-Gate.
• Cloud foundry, Wide experience in infrastructure layout, provisioning.
• Extensive experience in Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure with particular reference to provisioning, security, and management.
• Design AWS infrastructure to move local applications to public & private cloud.
• Design complex solutions which integrate AWS cloud, on premise physical and Virtual server, EC2, S3 storage, networking and security.
• Conduct systems design, feasibility and cost studies and recommend cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Develop standardized AMI images and Cloud formation automation scripts for building non-prod and prod environments on AWS.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Design, deploy and support highly available and scalable distributed Cassandra (Datastax OR Apache) database solutions for high transactions mission critical applications.
• Develop data models and perform planning of architecture, functions, modules, recovery, standards and implementation.
• Installations, configurations and monitoring Data tax Enterprise cluster and or open source Cassandra cluster.
• Maintain and develop data models, structures, and procedures to ensure the integrity and performance of database components.
• Analyzes and determines information needs and elements, data relationships and attributes, data flow and storage requirements, and data output and reporting capabilities.
• Research and evaluate alternatives and recommend solutions for business issues.
• Create ad-hoc reports utilizing various data sources.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts in enhancing performance and providing increased functionality.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work experience.

Our client is a leading Telecom Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.