Oracle DBA in Austin, TX Hybrid

Location: Austin, TX - Hybrid local to TX

Duration: 9 + Months

Job Type: CDescription :Enters codes to create production data base. Selects and enters codes of utility program to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory. Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to data base management system. Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions. Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base. Modifies data base programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning. Workers typically specialize in one or more types of data base management systems. Providing assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment. Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance. Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed. Performs data Modeling and prototyping. Performs logical and physical data Modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models. Performs security recovery procedures. Determines and implements database search strategies and storage requirements. Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary. Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements. Creates test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures. Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures. Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems. Assists with the installation of database software and with analysing, designing, and implementing databases. Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security. Assists in the selection of database management software. Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work. Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies. Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies. Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data(via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards. Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIR Accessibility issues arise. Client Applications division is looking for a contracting position for Senior Logical Database Administrator / Database Developer who has a proven track record in developing and maintaining high-performance enterprise software solutions using Agile methodologies. The LDBA works with cross functional teams under minimal direction with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. The candidate must be available 24/7 as needed to ensure complete support for Logical database Administration and will be able to perform the below responsibilities: Design, develop, maintain, and improve database solutions and the databases underlying the TIERS applications portfolio. Work closely with the application development teams, business stakeholders and other partners to enhance the TIERS applications portfolio and to implement new solutions. Building databases and applications using web platform technologies including: Java/J2EE, SOAP/REST web services, Spring, JPA, jQuery, AngularJS, IBM WebSphere, Oracle, PostGreSQL and more. Perform advanced logical database administration / database development, performance monitoring & tuning and providing database related support to the application development teams, testing, and defect repair among other responsibilities. Utilize Agile development practices to participate in backlog grooming & user story development Design, develop, build & test databases to support new program & business requests and to enhance scalability & stability of the applications. Provide application & database operations triage support to troubleshoot & resolve issues encountered in production, development, and test environments. This responsibility includes both workday and night/weekend on-call support as required to maintain high availability of the applications for various users. Develop and modify existing Linux shell scripts to perform LDBA day to day and specific tasks and provide process documentation.

Skills: CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. Years Required/PreferredExperience8Required Experience Implementing, administering, managing, and monitoring the assigned application databases in production & non-production environments. Ensure that data integrity and data security is maintained.8PreferredExperience working on or leading large, complex initiatives to design and implement performance tuning improvements and advise developers on tuning options. Experience using Explain Plan and determine best fit plan for performance improvement8PreferredExperience supporting cross functional development teams to identify data as well as the relationships and constraints on the data to help optimize application/query performance.8Preferred In-depth knowledge of Oracle internal views, built-in functions and architecture to support data analysis and data query and familiar with Tablespace consolidation, DBMS reorg, partition analysis and index analysis.8Preferred Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex issues both in development and production databases using Oracle 11/19c databases and work with cross functional teams.8PreferredHands on experience monitoring/troubleshooting and fine tuning SQL and PL/SQL on Oracle databases version on Solaris/Linux systems8PreferredExperience using Oracle native tool such as Oracle SQL Developer5PreferredHands on experience using Erwin Modeling tool to create from scratch data models using data modeling techniques including star schema.5PreferredExperience developing tools using SQL, PL/SQL and linux shell scripts to provide LDBA support for large numbers of test & development database environments and apply best practice to create DDL, DML SQL and shell scripts.5PreferredHands-on experience with large development projects using Agile methodology