Lead Database Administrator

Lead Database Administrator

This position will sit in Columbus, Ohio with a Hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office 2 from home.

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Purpose of Position

The Lead Database Administrator (Lead DBA) is responsible for supervising and managing the daily activities of the Database Administration team. This includes ensuring the deployment, configuration, patching, and upgrades to database servers and client installs in a mixed technology environment to deliver data products providing business decision support focusing on Oracle and MS-SQL server production support.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Supervise the daily activities and workflow of the database administration team, managing performance and providing feedback when needed

Ensures that database servers and client installs are appropriately deployed, configured, upgraded, and supported in a 24x7 production environment.

Troubleshoot and fix problems and provide root cause analysis that the database administration team has escalated in a timely manner

Perform preventive maintenance and system copies

Automate system maintenance tasks

Develop, manage, test, and execute (as needed) backup and recovery plans

Ensure storage and archiving processes are functioning correctly

Ensure database documentation, including data standards, procedures, and data dictionary, are in place and regularly updated

Develop capacity plans and ensure their execution

Manage security and disaster recovery aspects of a database

Evaluate SQL Server performance and take appropriate steps for performance improvement

Provide 24x7 on-call support, after-hours, and weekend work as needed

Relational database design and development

Design OLTP and OLAP environments, and monitor, detect, and tune performance

Escalate any issues to senior technology leadership

Accountable and responsible for the accuracy and completeness of assigned work and results

Prioritize and manage workload and communicate issues clearly

Complete other tasks as required

Travel when required

Minimum Education

Bachelors degree from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience

Minimum Experience

8+ years of experience in relational database design, development, and implementation in an MS-SQL or Oracle environment

Experience leading/supervising database administration teams

In-depth experience in the use of programming languages (i.e., C#.NET, Flash, HTML5, Transact SQL, and later versions including stored procedures)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Experience administering production level high performance, high transaction volume, and highly available OLTP databases

Ability to create and maintain database documentation and diagrams

Proven experience in database performance monitoring and tuning operations

Experience implementing database security protocols

Knowledge of current DBMS products as well as knowledge of related technologies, applications, and processes

Knowledge of relational database internals, objects, and processes, as well as best practice principles regarding availability, performance, and security

Experience working with high availability tools, particularly Availability Groups

Experience writing shell scripts to automate Database activities

Demonstrated skill using database backup and recovery models, utilities, and best practices

Experience with Agile development methodology

Excellent analytical skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to perform various tasks in a fast-paced, production-critical support environment

Strong written and verbal communications skills

Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.

Nice to Haves

Experience with Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, CosmosDB, or Azure

Experience with CIS and DOD Stig security standards

Experience with Azure Devops for managing work

Experience in a culture that requires change approvals

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met and/or encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and communicate. The employee may be required to stand, walk, and sit. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to view monitors, technical documents, and reference material. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.