Senior Database Administrator

Overview: Summary As a Senior Database Administrator, you will provide services for databases that support the customer's production applications, software development, and application maintenance projects.

Responsibilities: What You'll Be Doing:* Provide database administration to RDS MySQL and PostgreSQL databases engines within the AWS Cloud environment. * Install, configure, and maintain database instances, including managing RDS Parameter Groups, Option Groups and coordinating engine version upgrades/patches. * Manage database security and user permissions and privileges in accordance with application/database requirements including IAM Database authentication, VPC security groups and user permissions/privileges. * Develop and/or maintain database objects (tables, views, indexes) and optimize Vacuum (Postgres) or Buffer Pool (MySQL) settings. * Monitor and optimize database performance and tuning * Manage and ensure compliance with database backup strategies * Customer support to database and associated application development team, owners, and user stakeholders * Maintain Database Lifecycle Management processes detailed by customer specifications * Provide impact information on proposed changes to application and it’s database structure * Provide schedule and resource requirements to stakeholders concerning proposed changes to the application and associated database * Provide sizing recommendations for any new databases or changes to existing databases, including user/data growth projection and the impact on the server memory and performance characteristics * Participate in meetings with Solution Delivery Service staff and stakeholders * Work with other database administrators to ensure optimal efficiency and optimization of databases, server clusters, replications, back-up strategies, and database services to customer and its customers.

Qualifications and Education: Required Qualifications:* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other I