Database Administrator at Somatus

Remote

**Summary** :

The Database Administrator is a key role on our infrastructure team. This role ensures stability, security and innovation across our database technologies and assets.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Provides support and development services to engineering teams (database changes, queries, optimizations)

+ Deploy database releases for SQL Server and Sybase databases per assigned schedules

+ Improve operational efficiencies of database schema, settings, SQL queries

+ Manage and improve the backup/recovery and disaster recovery procedures

+ Monitors the core production system performance and stability

+ Research new products and upgrades that maximize efficiency and scalability

+ Document database design, integration, backup/recovery and disaster recovery processes

+ Create and maintain operational procedures and standards for database maintenance and optimization

+ Respond to and resolve issues, requests, problem tickets and major incidents providing root cause analysis support as needed

**Required Education and Experience:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in IT related field

+ Seven (7) years of SQL database management

+ Three (3) years of experience with Azure SQL experience

+ Two (2) years of experience with Azure Synapse and/or Databricks

**_Preferred:_**

+ Experience working with Azure Data Factory

+ Experience with Jira and/or Confluence

+ Experience with DevOps and SecDevOps teams and delivery methods

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:**

+ Strong knowledge of database security design and techniques

+ Comfortable and proficient with best practice documentation standards

+ Knowledgeable of IT Operations and IT Service Management processes

+ Strong collaborative and coaching mindset to work across teams and with both junior and senior resources

+ Comfortable with a fast-paced, growth-oriented culture that changes and achieves quickly

+ Ability to self-manage and pro-actively identify and implement solutions

**Physical Requirements:**

+ This job operates in a professional setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Normal manual dexterity is required.

+ Normal speaking and hearing abilities to interact with others in an office environment, over telephone or other video conferencing platform.

+ The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms and continuously repeat the same hand, arm finger motion many times as in typing.

**OTHER DUTIES:**

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**Our priority is the health and safety of our members, colleagues, partners, and community. Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination is required for employment. If you are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons or sincerely-held religious beliefs, we will consider requests for reasonable accommodations consistent with our policy, and where we are able to provide such accommodations without undue hardship to the company pursuant to applicable law.**

_Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions_ .

_Somatus, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated._