Database Administrator - Advanced

Database Administrator - Advanced

100% Remote
Candidates must be able to work EST time zone hours. Some travel for onsite client meetings, 25% (once per quarter), travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate or vendor.

bout the Job

• Duration: 9-month contract with possibility of extension
• Location: Clemson SC 29634
• Database Administrator - Advanced (UC4 Engineer/Database Administrator)
• Interviews: Virtual
• Job ID: 7920

Scope of the project:
The projects involved are highly complex development projects undertaken by our client for upgrades and operations of their UC4 Medicaid Management Information Systems, which include mainframe and client-server applications.


Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Our client is seeking a Senior UC4/Automic professional with the knowledge and experience, including the Linux operating system, along with comparable communication and interpersonal skills to enable success on this high-visibility project. Position will perform application management support for UC4/Automic Operational Manager enterprise scheduler. Position will be required to provide technical analysis, incident management, reporting and perform upgrades. Position will also perform some Linux systems administration on a shared team.



Duties include:

• Provide Application Admin Support of our client's Enterprise Scheduling Applications.
• Develop or drive development of monitoring solutions to assist in the Application Admin Support
• Develop reporting solutions for analyzing jobs runs and batch environment.
• Support triage of real time production incidents as well as root cause analysis of batch jobs that introduce an undesirable affect in the production environment.
• Manage upgrade or migration efforts related to existing jobs
• Integrate UC4 with Linux, Windows and Mainframe environments, ensuring seamless operations.
• Work with Job Scheduling team in development and provide training related to job standards and methods, escalation processes, and diagnostic approaches.
• Develop or drive development of disaster recovery solutions for job scheduling and ensure high availability of the UC4/Automic Application
• Develop, enhance and support automation scripts using JCL, Bash, Powershell, Perl and Java.
• Provide expertise in cross-platform scheduling tools such as Control-M and Autosys.
• Managing patch levels and planning future upgrades to the UC4/Automic product
• Documenting job scheduling policies and procedures
• Develop and update reports for application administrative and operational needs
• 24/7 on call support on a rotating schedule.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
The Senior UC4/Automic role has four major attributes: system administration, software development leadership, people skills, and domain knowledge in enterprise class multi-tier application development projects. Candidates must display excellence in all areas.

• 5-7 years of UC4/Automic experience in a Linux and windows environment
• 5-7 years in supporting the UC4/Automic application while using Oracle and SQL as the database.
• 5-7 years of performing successful UC4 upgrades in Production Environments.
• 5-7 years programming/Scripting skills in JCL, Powershell, Perl and Java.
• 2+ years with Control-M and Autosys scheduling tools
• Understanding of IT development and implementation projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to give presentations to project management. Strong proficiency in English.
• Impeccable integrity. Candidates must be confident with their abilities to make correct decisions and the courage to speak out when necessary.
• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field. A Master's degree is desirable.



Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience in RedHat-based environment, Experience programming with Bash

Required Certifications:
None required. UC4/Automic certification is preferred.



bout our Company
DataSoft Technologies is a highly recognized provider of professional IT Consulting services in the US. Founded in 1994, DataSoft Technologies, Inc. provides staff augmentation services for Information Technology and Automotive Services. Our team member benefits include:

• Paid Holidays/Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical/Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401 (K)