Database Administrator

**This is a W2 opportunity and C2C is not allowed. Candidates must be able to convert full-time and not need sponsorship now or in the future.

Must Haves:

7+ years of experience in database administration of high availability and critical production systems

Experience working with Oracle 19c for backup and recovery

Experience with Oracle RAC and Data Guard

Experience with SQL Server 2014, 2016, or 2019

Ability to support a 24/7 production support environment performing database maintenance and tuning

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Plusses:

MongoDB and Cassandra preferred

Oracle certification preferred.

Day to Day:

One of our telecommunication clients is seeking to hire a Database Administrator to join their team. This person will be supporting a multi-database environment to meet the needs of their end clients. They will be working mainly with Oracle and SQL, but having experience with Cassandra and MongoDB would be a plus. Individuals will be working in a 24x7 production support environment, overseeing database maintenance, monitoring, upgrades, patching, performing tuning, and backup/recovery. Candidates should be local to Ashburn, VA and be able to go on-site 2x a month or on an as needed basis. The shift is 9-5pm but will require on-call rotations and potential weekend work.

Responsibilities will include :

Overall maintenance, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting for Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL MongoDB and Cassandra databases:

Install and Build database structures

Backup & Recovery

Apply patches and upgrade database versions

Daily maintenance including monitoring and database maintenance tasks

Query and performance tuning

Part of On-Call rotation

Develop and maintain documentation