Senior Database Administrator

We have an opening for a Senior Database Administrator. You will support the database administration activities required to manage the database infrastructure that underpin multiple program applications. This position is in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division within the Computing Directorate supporting the Livermore Information Technology (LivIT) and NNSA programs. 

Business needs dictate that this position requires an on-site presence multiple days a week. Therefore telecommuting options will be limited.

You will

• Support our internal transition towards data virtualization and data analytics by leveraging tools such as Denodo Databricks etc. to help decouple applications from data layer integrations in and across the environment.
• Provide database administration support to our current suite of Oracle MySQL MS SQL Server Mongo Casandra PostgreSQL and DynamoDB databases.
• Provide technical in-depth analysis on overall database management system designs and architectures and provide guidance and expertise in supporting our database services migration to leveraging cloud-based database PaaS services containerization and migration from existing Oracle database technology into other competing database technologies.
• Support development staff by creating and maintaining current non-production database environments to support development and quality assurance activities while also encouraging proper utilization of database features to better meet application and business process needs and helping to tune and rewrite query logic to access underlying data structures more efficiently.
• Review and help optimize database data models within and across the various databases we support and help maintain/enhance our database cyber security posture.
• Support enterprise COTs application implementation configuration triage and customization efforts and resolve issues introduced by our infrastructure patching and security efforts.
• Assist in the design implementation and maintenance of database access through account management object authorization authentication mechanisms data encryption and protocol encryption.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship. 
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Management Information Systems or a related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Significant prior experience in leveraging automation and orchestration to build provision patch and/or secure database services within a production environment.
• Significant hands-on experience utilizing data virtualization and analytics platforms such as Denodo Databricks Apache Spark or AWS Glue for building scalable data pipelines integrating diverse data sources and enabling advanced data engineering solutions.
• Advanced background in administering application servers such as WebLogic and Tomcat including installation configuration patching deployment performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Multi-year applied experience in administering Oracle MS SQL Server PostgreSQL My-SQL databases in a production environment and significant experience with one or more development tools and languages such as SQL Oracle Forms/Reports PL/SQL Java Python.
• Significant applied experience in UNIX and Windows operating system administration security performance tuning enterprise-class storage array usage and integration within a database environment and database backup and recovery procedures software strategies and verification methodologies.
• Significant hands-on experience utilizing observability and infrastructure monitoring tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager Datadog Grafana SQL Server Management Studio and/or Icinga for proactive system monitoring alert management and database administration.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment author technical and scientific reports and papers and deliver scientific presentations.
• Ability to work outside normal business hours to provide support for production infrastructure patching upgrades testing and the ability to work on-premises to support job duties.

Qualifications We Desire

• MS degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or Management Information Systems and significant experience integrating and managing application authentication/authorization and identity management technologies with database and application infrastructures.
• Experience in the development and utilization of Ansible SCCM Python and Unix/PowerShell Shell scripting for automation and orchestration of database and application infrastructures.
• Experience leveraging containerization to deliver database and mid-tier services to meet customer needs and with managing database and application infrastructures within a highly secure and compliance-driven environment.

Additional Information :

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Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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  Remote Work :

  No

  
  

  Employment Type :

  Full-time