Senior Database Administrator: Oracle & SQL Performance

FlightSafety International Inc; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FlightSafety International Inc. is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to deploy, configure, patch, and upgrade database servers across Oracle and MS SQL Server environments. The role focuses on production support, data products, and decision-support capabilities.

You will troubleshoot complex issues, automate maintenance tasks, and develop robust backup/recovery plans while ensuring security and high availability. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and on-call duties are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 5+ years of relational database design, development, and implementation in an MS-SQL or Oracle environment.
• Strong experience in programming languages (C#.NET, Flash, HTML5, Transact SQL) and stored procedures.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, patch, and upgrade database servers and client installs with a focus on Oracle server production support.
• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis in a timely manner.
• Develop, manage and test backup and recovery plans; ensure archiving and storage processes are correct.
• Write database documentation, data standards, procedures, and data dictionaries; perform capacity planning.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support, after-hours and weekend work as needed; mentor team members in DB best practices.

Skills

Oracle

SQL Server

Database Design

SQL Optimization

Scripting

Backups & DR

DataGuard

AlwaysOn

Agile

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle DB

SQL Server

OEM

Azure DevOps

Job description

FlightSafety International Inc. is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to deploy, configure, patch, and upgrade database servers across Oracle and MS SQL Server environments. The role focuses on production support, data products, and decision-support capabilities.

You will troubleshoot complex issues, automate maintenance tasks, and develop robust backup/recovery plans while ensuring security and high availability. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and on-call duties are expected.