Database Administrator
About Dell Associates
Our client, Dell, is one of the largest multinational information technology corporations and is a premier provider of computers, storage, servers and IT services worldwide, enabling customers to build their information technology and Internet infrastructures. Whilst providing exceptional products and technology solutions, Dell also offers their customers the opportunity to have the solutions installed as part of their service. This can be done either as a fully integrated approach with the customers IT team, or by taking on the full responsibility to implement and install the products; leaving the customer to concentrate on their day to day business.
The Dell Associates program brings together a community of professional IT contractors who work on Dell assisted projects throughout the United States. Our opportunities range from one-time deployment roles to multi-year on-site engagements and are ideal for contractors who want to build on their experience across a wide range of IT products with the flexibility of project by project opportunities.
Requirements:
-Evaluates new database technologies and tools, sets database system and programming standards, applies database technology to business problems and manages the development and production database environments with emphasis on security, availability and performance.
-Provides database services in compliance with all audit and regulatory requirements.
-Provides database operations support, monitoring databases and backups, resolving repetitive and simple events and escalating more complex incident according to the standard operating procedures.
-Provides production database support with specific focus on availability, capacity, performance, security and recoverability.
-Performs database installation and configuration, tuning, capacity planning, health checks, backups & recovery and change management according to documented standards. Troubleshoots issues with database instances, DR, replication and backups and eliminates root causes thru systematic problem management practices.
-Provides database development/project support in compliance with database design standards. Designs and develops database systems to meet application and business requirements across multiple platforms and computing environments. Provides guidance on best practices and standards and supports the project teams with database related activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
-Evaluates and certifies database technologies, while assisting in the management of vendor relationships and the definition of vendor product feature sets. Designs, develops and drives global implementation of database standards, tools and procedures throughout the IT organization.
-Ensures database security controls meet internal and external audit and compliance requirements. Implements database technologies for global standards, data classification, and data privacy according to regulatory guidelines.
