Database Administrator

Insight Global; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Teradata DBA to support a large enterprise data warehouse environment across multiple lines of business. The role involves maintaining performance, stability, and availability of Teradata platforms and partnering with application and infrastructure teams.

The position requires deep Teradata administration experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to support production environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Teradata DBA experience (V17.20 or higher).
• Advanced knowledge of Teradata RDBMS at both physical and logical levels.
• Strong experience with Teradata tools: Teradata Studio, TDWM, BTEQ, ARCMAIN, FASTLOAD, MLOAD, TPUMP, TPT, DBQL, and PDCR.
• Experience supporting Teradata production environments and providing operational support.
• Experience with database performance tuning, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Experience supporting database deployments, upgrades, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery initiatives.
• Experience with security administration, access management, and database change implementation.
• Strong documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Mainframe experience including JCL, TSO, ISPF, TDP, or NDM (nice-to-have).

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise Teradata environments across development, UAT, disaster recovery, and production systems.
• Partner with application teams to support database changes, assist with automation initiatives, maintain operational documentation, and ensure overall reliability and performance of the Teradata data warehouse environment.

Skills

Teradata DBA experience

Troubleshooting

Operational support

Production support

Documentation

Communication

Problem-solving

Security administration

Mainframe exposure

Tools

Teradata Studio

TDWM

BTEQ

ARCMAIN

FASTLOAD

MLOAD

TPUMP

TPT

DBQL

PDCR

JCL

TSO

ISPF

TDP

NDM

Job description

Location: Plano, TX - Charlotte, NC - Jacksonville, FL

Pay Rate: $60-$68.32/hour

Duration: 12-Month Contract-to-Hire

Schedule: 3 days onsite 2 days WFH

About the Opportunity

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Teradata DBA to support a large enterprise data warehouse environment across multiple lines of business. This individual will be a key member of the Database Administration team, helping maintain the performance, stability, and availability of critical Teradata platforms. The ideal candidate will bring deep Teradata administration experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to support production environments while partnering with application and infrastructure teams.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 10+ years of Teradata DBA experience (V17.20 or higher)
• Advanced knowledge of Teradata RDBMS at both physical and logical levels
• Strong experience with Teradata tools including Teradata Studio, TDWM, BTEQ, ARCMAIN, FASTLOAD, MLOAD, TPUMP, TPT, DBQL, and PDCR
• Experience supporting Teradata production environments and providing operational support
• Experience with database performance tuning, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
• Experience supporting database deployments, upgrades, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery initiatives
• Experience with security administration, access management, and database change implementation
• Strong documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Mainframe experience including JCL, TSO, ISPF, TDP, or NDM

Position Overview

• As a Teradata DBA, you will support enterprise Teradata environments across development, UAT, disaster recovery, and production systems. Responsibilities include database administration, change implementation, performance tuning, troubleshooting, backup and recovery support, access management, production issue resolution, and on-call support. You will partner closely with application teams to support database changes, assist with automation initiatives, maintain operational documentation, and ensure the overall reliability and performance of the organization's Teradata data warehouse environment. This role requires strong technical expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced enterprise environment.