Summary of This Role

Plans computerized databases, including base definition, structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines and protection. Ensures accuracy and completeness of data in master files and various support tools, such as base dictionaries. Establishes and maintains security and integrity controls. Formulates and monitors policies, procedures and standards relating to database management. Proposes and implements enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system.

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What Part Will You Play?

• Works in close liaison with more experienced Database Administrators (DBAs) to learn processes and techniques for testing database software, utilities, and patches in a test environment. Observes more experienced DBAs during the migration of tested/approved database software, utilities, and patches to a production environment.
• Observes and supports more experienced DBAs to learn how to properly complete authentication and authorization requests by creating/purging/maintaining user accounts, adding/deleting/modifying table and data permissions and performing and/or setting up scheduled database audit procedures to track the who/when changes are made or new items are created.
• Learns established database back-up tasks by assisting as directed. Observes a more experienced DBA during a disaster recovery and/or recovery exercises to build a familiarization with the database recovery tasks.
• Supports more experienced DBAs with storage and capacity planning by executing established reports and gathering additional data as directed.
• Observes more experienced DBAs to learn basic database tuning, optimizing, and monitoring techniques.
• Observes and occasionally supports more experienced DBAs during application failures to learn troubleshooting techniques.
• Gathers data/reporting to support the production and maintenance of operational database documentation, such as SQL Disaster Recovery, SQL Recovery Presentation, Naming Standards, Performance and Tuning.

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What Are We Looking For in This Role?

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Relevant Experience 2-5 years

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Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• IT related field
• With the Installation, Customization, Testing and Maintenance of database systems within a production environment.

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What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

• Skills / Knowledge - Learns to use professional concepts. Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues.
• Job Complexity - Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Builds stable working relationships internally.
• Supervision - Normally receives detailed instructions on all work.
• DBMS Knowledge - Extensive Knowledge of multiple database disciplines and technologies
• DBMS Utilities - Extensive Knowledge of multiple utilities utilized to manage, monitor and maintain database systems
• DBMS Recovery - Extensive Knowledge of recovery technologies for local and geographically disperse systems

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