Database Administrator

Noblesoft Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company is seeking a skilled database administrator to manage database performance, ensure security, and design efficient systems. This remote role requires a Bachelor's Degree and experience with relational databases. Responsibilities include responding to user errors, ensuring adequate backups, and optimizing SQL statements. The ideal candidate will have strong troubleshooting abilities and experience with GitLab for version control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with modern relational databases.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Responding to user-reported errors.
• Ensuring database backup and recovery.
• Reporting usage and performance metrics.
• Designing user-friendly databases.
• Optimizing SQL statements.
• Configuring database engines and clusters.

Skills

SQL optimization

Database security

Database design

Troubleshooting

Version control (GitLab)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Relational databases

Database engines

Job description

Overview

Remote

Year with possible extensions

Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities

• Responding in a timely manner to user-reported errors. Protecting the database against threats or unauthorized access.
• Ensuring that the database is adequately backed up and able to be recovered in the event of memory loss.
• Reporting on metrics regarding usage and performance.
• Suggesting changes and improvements for database maintenance or protection.
• Regularly liaising with IT project managers and database programmers.
• Designing databases with both front-end and back-end users in mind.
• Experience with some of the modern relational databases
• Skilled at optimizing large complicated SQL statements
• Knowledge of best practices when dealing with relational databases
• Capable of configuring popular database engines and orchestrating clusters as necessary
• Ability to plan resource requirements from high level specifications
• Capable of troubleshooting common database issues
• Familiar with tools that can aid with profiling server resource usage and optimizing
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GitLab