Database Administrator

Talentify; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcel Energy in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to support OT Energy Services databases including Distribution, Transmission, and Nuclear. You will partner with application teams on projects of varying scope and act as diagnostician for data, information, and business processes, enabling data-driven decisions.

You will drive standard tooling adoption, ensure data integrity, and provide SME consultation on data aspects of IT solutions, with emphasis on performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, science, business or related field or 8 years' equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage SQLServer and Oracle DB environments: backup/recovery, performance tuning and BCM.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive data governance, integrity and analytics initiatives.
• Provide expertise on data integration, reporting, and data architecture across environments.

Skills

communication skills

relationship management

problem solving

data governance

analytical skills

data visualization

data architecture

statistical modeling

predictive modeling

machine learning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technology, Science, Business or related field

Tools

SSIS

SQLServer

Oracle

Reporting Services

ASM

RAC

Data Guard

T-SQL

PL/SQL

PowerShell

Shell Scripting

Windows/SQLServer Clustering

AlwaysOn

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Creates and maintains databases for test, development and production environments to support the business. Analyzes, tests, and implements physical database design. Documents environment and maintains current patches. Ensures data recovery, maintenance, data integrity, Audits the current environments, provides capacity planning. Provides technical knowledge working with system administrators, technical managers, developers, and architects.

Position: Sr. Oracle Database Administrator

Xcel Energy has a Senior DBA Position to join our OT DBA team in downtown Minneapolis, MN. The Senior Database Administrators primarily supports the database environments for OT Energy Services which includes Distribution, Transmission and Nuclear business areas and other regulated application databases. The Senior Database Administrator partners with application support teams on projects of all sizes and durations. The Database Administrator serves as diagnostician and solution provider for data, information and business process-related analysis. They are responsible for providing technical expertise in specific data domains and incorporating data governance into daily activities. They provide expertise in the integration of data, insights and trends and solution recommendations. They enable data driven decisions for their respective domain. They partner with other analysts to extract, interpret, and perform advanced analytics.

Essential Responsibilities

• Experience with SQLServer Database Administration for which includes Database Backup and Recovery Performance Tuning and Business Continuity.
• Experience with Oracle Database Administration for which includes Database Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning and Business Continuity.

Consultation: Work cross-organizationally to drive adoption of standard tools, and improved data integrity. Ensure IT solutions have sound data management practices. Provide subject matter expertise and consultation on data aspects of new and/or changing IT solutions.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, Science, Business or related field, or 8 years of experience equivalent to the position.
• Strong communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.
• Strong Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
• Excellent problem solving, data governance acumen, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience with distributed computing, data visualization, data architecture and structure, statistical modeling, and predictive modeling.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience designing, developing and delivering reporting solutions and providing insight to business.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and recommend BI solutions to fulfill business requirements.

Preferred Requirements

• Strong technical knowledge of SQLServer database administration for SQLServer 2014,2016,2017, 2019 and 2022.
• Strong technical knowledge of Oracle database administration for 12c,19c and 21c.
• Experienced with SQLServer Integration Services i.e. SSIS package development and implementation, reporting services.
• Experienced with Database replication technologies i.e. mirroring, log shipping, replication
• Experienced with Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), RAC and Data Guard technology.
• Experienced with Oracle and SQLServer Major Version upgrade
• Experienced with T-SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, PowerShell Scripting
• Experienced with Windows/SQLServer Clustering and AlwaysOn Failover Cluster.
• Experienced with managing PostgreSQL and MySQL Databases.

EEO

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”