SQL DBA

Title: SQL Database Administrator

Location: Remote / Must be able to work Central Time Zone business hours

Ekman Associates, Inc. is a Southern California based company focused on the following services: Management Consulting, Professional Staffing Solutions, Executive Recruiting and Managed Services.

Summary: s Database Administrator (DBA), you will have the opportunity to grow and leverage your technical skills in database administration, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical RDBMS systems. Working directly with application development teams, Windows system engineers, and storage engineers you will be accountable for maintaining the database environments, performance tuning and ensuring database resources are optimized for performance and cost. This position requires established and proven database support experience in a global network environment. In addition to having strong technical skills, you must be comfortable in effectively communicating with business end users, technical IT teams, business partners, network providers, and business process outsourced vendors, all while being sensitive to a wide diversity of cultural and technical backgrounds in a global business environment.

Key Skill Set:

Oracle and SQL expertise

Must be able to work Central Time Zone

Responsibilities :

Manage enterprise databases

Configure and maintain database servers and processes

Monitor system's health and performance

Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability and security

Analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time

Provide suggestions for solutions

Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes

Assist developers with query tuning and schema refinement

Provide 24x7 support for critical production systems

Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours

Ensure that database standards are communicated and enforced

Ensure architectural, quality, and governance adherence

Additional duties as assigned. Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field

MCTS, MCITP, and/or MVP certifications

Knowledge of Systems Reliability Engineering principles, automation, and AI

ITIL Foundation Certification strongly desired

International experience is beneficial. Additional languages a plus.

Knowledge of Systems Reliability Engineering principles, automation, and AI

8+ years of experience as a DBA or similar role

Familiarity with operating system administration and tools including Microsoft, Mac OS X, Linux, Python, PowerShell, etc...

Experience with scripting (Linux Shell, PowerShell, Python, PHP, etc.) to develop automation and reporting

Exposure to managing large cloud server infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure

Critical thinker and problem-solving skills, be a team player, and have excellent time-management skills

Great interpersonal and communication skills

Customer orientation - establishes and maintains long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations

Tactical execution - demonstrates personal ownership of tasks and follows through to get the required results in the established timeframe. Qualified Candidates Only : If you wish to learn more about this opportunity and additional qualifications/responsibilities, please submit your resume. To learn more about Ekman Associates, Inc. please visit our website at