Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is a health insurance organization seeking a Senior Database Administrator. The role designs, implements, and maintains transactional database environments, including installations, upgrades, backups, recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, and configuration. It also supports application development, data migration and loading, incident resolution, project upgrades, and mentoring less experienced staff.
Responsibilities
- Implement designs and structure provided by Systems and Data Architects. Perform installation of complex, clustered and high-availability software and hardware environments in a timely manner in keeping with current release levels. Creates and maintains schedules for software maintenance and upgrades. Coordinates software user/acceptance testing activities for new installations and upgrade activities
- Develop and implement techniques to prevent system problems, troubleshoot incidents to recover services and support root cause analysis
- Provides project management support regarding most technical aspects of implementing project release upgrades for assigned systems which includes: properly following a project life cycle, the development of project plans, completing all appropriate documentation and notifications in order to obtain resolution within the established timeframes
- Supports the development teams application development. Administers database environments that support development
- Maintains data in database environment, including production
- Assists in defining back-up and recovery requirements
- Transforms and loads data into database. Carries out version control process. Analyzes legacy system data
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience
- 5 years experience perform full data management duties, including migration and continuous integration/delivery
- Knowledge of Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server and similar databases
- Ability to communicate effectively with analysts, developers, tests, and project managers in both oral and written form
- Ability to work minimal supervision
- High-level of analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SL)
- Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence
- Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, including the development of reports, semantic models, data pipelines, dashboards, and end-to-end data solutions
- Experience administering Microsoft Power Platform and SharePoint, including Power Apps development and workflow automation using Power Automate
Benefits
- A comprehensive benefits package
- Various incentive programs/plans
- 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).
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