Oracle Data/Database Administration for HHSC, Austin, Tx

Pedigo Staffing Services; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking an Oracle Database Administrator in Austin, TX to lead complex database management tasks, migrate databases to Azure SQL, and ensure high availability for critical applications.

The Senior DBA role emphasizes tuning, data modeling, security, disaster recovery, and collaboration with Java/SOA/microservices teams in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years of database experience.
• 8 years with Oracle and Microsoft SQL.
• 8 years Relational Database Administration.
• 8 years in database design, analysis and performance tuning.
• 8 years in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning.
• 8 years in enterprise applications and services design.
• 8 years in creating technical and functional design documents.
• 8 years in Agile (Scrum) development.
• 8 years in multi-tier system development.
• 8 years in large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• 6 years preferred Azure.
• 6 years preferred ETL into Azure SQL.
• 3 years preferred DevOps tools including Git.
• 3 years preferred Java/J2EE.
• 1 year preferred Azure certification.
• 1 year preferred DBA Associate certifications.

Responsibilities

• Enters codes to create production databases and monitor performance.
• Directs programmers and analysts to modify the database management system.
• Reviews and corrects programs and answers user questions.
• Confers with staff to assess impact of changes on systems and costs.
• Modifies programs to increase processing performance and tune databases.
• Performs data modeling, prototyping, and design documentation.
• Ensures data integrity, disaster recovery, and security of data at rest and in motion.
• Works with stakeholders to migrate data to Azure SQL and optimize performance.
• Documents standards, procedures, and maintains data dictionaries.
• Collaborates in an Agile environment and supports DevOps pipelines.

Skills

Oracle

SQL Server

Relational DBA

Performance Tuning

Data Modeling

Azure

SQL Development

DevOps CI/CD

Java/J2EE

Agile/Scrum

SOA/Microservices

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

Oracle Data/Database Administration for HHSC, Austin, Tx

• Austin, TX

Title/Level: Oracle Database Administrator

Agency:Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Location: 4601 W Gudalupe St Austin, TX 78751

Solicitation Reference Number: 529701759

Category: Applications/Software Development

Job Details:

Texas Health and Human Services Commissionrequires the services of1 Database Administrator 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications ofDatabase Administrator 3, Data/Database Administrationand the specifications outlined in this document for theTexas Health and Human Services Commission.

Required/Preferred:

• 10 years, Required - Database experience
• 8 years, Required - Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)
• 8 years, Required - Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)
• 8 years, Required - Experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning
• 8 years, Required - Experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning
• 8 years, Required - Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
• 8 years, Required - Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
• 8 years, Required - Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology - (Scrum, for example)
• 8 years, Required - Experience with multi-tier system/application development - (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)
• 8 years, Required - Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
• 6 years, Preferred - Experience with Azure
• 6 years, Preferred - Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
• 3 years, Preferred - Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git
• 3 years, Preferred - Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development
• 1 year, Preferred - Azure certification is preferred
• 1 year, Preferred - DBA Associate certifications are preferred

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of theTexas Health and Human Services Commissionand may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law.Texas Health and Human Services Commissionwill pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).

The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of 1Database Administrator 3, hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification ofDatabase Administrator 3and the specifications outlined in this document for the above-named customer.

• Enters codes to create production data base. Selects and enters codes of utility program to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory.
• Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to data base management system.
• Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions.
• Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base.
• Modifies data base programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning.
• Workers typically specialize in one or more types of data base management systems.
• Providing assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment.
• Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance.
• Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed.
• Performs data modeling and prototyping.
• Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models.
• Performs security recovery procedures.
• Determines and implements database search strategies and storage requirements.
• Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary.
• Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements.
• Creates test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures.
• Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures.
• Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems.
• Assists with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases.
• Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security.
• Assists in the selection of database management software.
• Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies.
• Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies.
• Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data(via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards.
• Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIR
• Accessibility issues arise.

The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator (Database Administrator III) and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC's cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics.

The DBA III works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle and Azure Microsoft SQL. This role will require converting Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions to Azure SQL.

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).

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