Senior database administrator

This is a remote position.

Position Title: Senior Database Administrator

Base Salary: $118,000 to $168,000 annually DOE

Benefits:

• Medical
• dental
• vision
• 401k
• flexible spending account
• paid sick leave and paid time off
• parental leave
• quarterly performance bonus
• training
• career growth and education reimbursement programs.

Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge. As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

Our Company Values:

• Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
• Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
• Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
• Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication.

Job Summary

The Senior Database Administrator will build and maintain the company's database by identifying structural and installation solutions. This position will work with database administrators and analysts to secure easy access to company data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

Database Security, Access, and Compliance

• Ensure database security and authentication.
• Design and implement least privilege and encryption on all databases.
• Develop and enforce database documentation standards.

Availability, Recovery, and Infrastructure Management

• Manage and implement database replication and high availability.
• Maintain and improve existing backup and data recovery environment.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and participate in regular testing.
• Install and Upgrade database environment.
• Manage database migrations between systems, versions, or platforms.

Performance, Monitoring, and Incident Response

• Query and database tuning.
• Database resource management and reporting.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis on database incidents and provide preventative solutions.
• Monitor database performance metrics and resolve issues proactively.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize queries.
• Perform on call rotation.

Automation, Maintenance, and Request Management

• Maintain and develop various database scripts and tools to facilitate automation process.
• Automate routine database maintenance tasks to improve efficiency.
• Evaluate database requests for implementation.

Reporting, Communication, and Team Development

• Provide status reports and submit them to management.
• Provide training and mentorship to others.

Other Duties

Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent GED.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of current related database administration experience in Oracle Server, Mongo, MSSQL, Maria and Postgres Databases.
• Experience in UNIX, LINUX, and Windows OS.
• Scripting experience using command, batch, or like processes.
• Ability to work with large volume databases.
• Ability to understand data models.
• Knowledge of data visualization and data migration.
• Additional Knowledge preferences:
• Azure SQL Server Administration.
• Azure Synapse.
• Dynamics data models.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within critical deadlines.
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met 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. Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting. At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO:

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status. Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening. Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.