Senior Database Administrator - Cloud AWS / Mongo DB / Cassandra

Charter Communications; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 79,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Charter Communications, doing business as Spectrum, seeks a Senior Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain production and non-production databases. You will manage on-prem Oracle and cloud/NoSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, Amazon DocumentDB, AWS RDS) to ensure data availability and business continuity.

You will mentor DBAs, drive capacity planning and DR planning, and work with development teams to optimize PL/SQL and database design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in IT/CS.
• 6+ years of Oracle/database administration in multi-platform environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, install and maintain production and non-production databases.
• Implement high availability solutions (RAC, Data Guard).
• Perform capacity planning and DR planning.
• Mentor other DBAs and collaborate with development teams.

Skills

Oracle databases

PL/SQL

Database tuning

High Availability

Performance monitoring

Windows/Linux

Scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

OEM

CloudWatch

MongoDB Atlas/Ops Manager

AWS RDS

Job description

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Seeking a role where your skills ensure the reliability of mission-critical databases? As a Senior Database Administrator at Spectrum, you will design, implement, and maintain robust production and non-production databases across on-prem (Oracle) and cloud/NoSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, Amazon DocumentDB, AWS RDS), supporting business continuity and data accessibility. Your technical acumen and mentorship will strengthen Spectrum's database operations, driving effective solutions across our technology landscape.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Perform installations and configurations of grid infrastructure, databases, clients etc. Design and maintains access and security administration, backup and recovery strategies on Database Management Systems
• Support multiple services and multiple databases of medium complexity with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity and accessibility of data
• Design, install, configure and maintain High Availability (RAC, RAC One Node, Data Guard etc.) Database solutions
• Expertise in setup using OEM as a monitoring and diagnostics tool and identifies/resolves the performance issues
• Troubleshoot alerts (alert log, Jobs, Disk Group, Tablespace etc.) and performance issues
• Perform capacity planning of Oracle server environment and provides recommendations to management to sustain business growth
• Design, implement, maintain Disaster Recovery (DR) methodologies and create documentation
• Gather business requirements and designs, implement multiple projects along with the production support
• Create standard operational procedures and templates
• Act as mentor for Database Administrators and Associate Database Administrators
• Perform research and provide plans to remediate complex business problems
• Assist the development teams to improve database design and procedures on PL/SQL best practices etc

Working Conditions

• Office environment
• 24x7 on-call support

What You'll Bring to Spectrum

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience

Experience

• 6+ years of experience working with Oracle and various database management systems in testing, implementation, maintenance and administration in a multiple platform environment

Skills

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Demonstrated knowledge of database architecture and its implementation, understanding of best practices in maintaining medium to large scale Oracle database systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of PL/SQL programming language, Change Management procedures
• Demonstrated knowledge of Instance, database and query tuning to improve the performance of the database/application
• Demonstrated understanding of SAN technologies related to SQL server disk layouts; Windows/Linux/Solaris operating systems and shell scripting
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear and straightforward manner with all levels of management and company personnel
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and handle multiple projects and tasks
• Ability to show judgment and initiative and to accomplish job duties while working under pressure
• Ability to use personal computer and software applications (i.e. word processing, spreadsheet, etc.)
• Ability to work independently or with others to resolve problems, handle requests or situations
• Ability to effectively consult with department managers and leaders

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Oracle and other relational database management systems in testing, implementation, maintenance, and administration in a multiple platform environment, including 2+ years of hands-on experience with cloud/NoSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, Amazon DocumentDB, AWS RDS)
• Support multiple services and databases of medium complexity across relational and cloud/NoSQL platforms (Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, Amazon DocumentDB, AWS RDS) with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility of data
• Design, install, configure, and maintain High Availability (RAC, RAC One Node, Data Guard, etc.) database solutions on-prem, and cloud-native replication/failover (e.g., MongoDB replica sets, Cassandra multi-DC replication, RDS Multi-AZ)
• Monitor and tune performance using both traditional tools (OEM) and cloud-native monitoring (CloudWatch, MongoDB Atlas/Ops Manager, DataStax OpsCenter), identifying and resolving performance issues
• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud database provisioning, scaling, and security configuration (AWS RDS, MongoDB, Cassandra, or Amazon DocumentDB)
• AWS Certified Database - Specialty or equivalent cloud/NoSQL certification (e.g., MongoDB Certified DBA)

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A qualified applicant's criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.

This job posting will remain open until 2026-09-18 01:41 PM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.

The base pay for this position generally is between $78,900.00 and $139,500.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.

Get to Know Us

Charter Communications provides superior communication and entertainment products for residential and business customers through the Spectrum brand. Our offerings include Spectrum Internet, TV, Mobile and Voice. Beyond our connectivity solutions, we also provide local news, programming and regional sports via Spectrum Networks and multiscreen advertising solutions via Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you'll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S. Watch this video to learn more.

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