Lead Teradata DBA

Contract 5 months ago
Employment Information

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.

· Assist Project Managers, Managers, Architects, Directors, and VPs in setting strategies and tactical implementing procedures along with the budget planning.

· Strong Knowledge in Teradata Architecture and its implementation.

· Develop long term roadmaps for Teradata Environment.

· Strong understanding of best practices in maintaining medium to large scale Teradata database systems.

· Design and Maintain Compliance and Audit Security Controls in alignment with Enterprise Security policies.

· Monitor system utilization / performance for capacity planning purposes and provide recommendations and action plan to management; plan for business continuity

· Define and Develop strategy by identifying technology/tools and keep up to date with latest industry trends and make recommendations to management.

· Automate repeatable administrative procedures like Installation, database health checks, database fragmentation and patching to improve the operational efficiency.

· Develop method of procedures by performing proof of concept or testing of new technologies and guide the team to ensure successful implementation.

· Clear understanding of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy and IT Governance procedures and policies.

· Extensive experience in implementing Master Data Management, Data Governance methodologies.

· Extensive experience in design and maintaining Operational Data Store and Data Warehouse.Configure, tune and maintain databases.

· Perform backup and recovery strategies to meet or exceed defined business SLA’s for the Teradata Databases.

· Design and perform disaster recovery plans.

· Troubleshoot alerts and performance issues.

· Assist Developers, Architects, System Administrators and Software Analysts as needed.

· Develop Cost Effective Design Models.

Required Skills:

· 6-9 years of IT experience.

· Proficient in setup/using Teradata tools monitoring and diagnostics tool and also to identify/resolve the Performance issues.

· Experience in Database Design for OLAP applications.

· Strong knowledge on SDLC (Software Development LifeCycle) and provide direction on Projects.

· Define and develop strategy and methodology in identifying ETL processing tools.

· Good knowledge on applications and their integration in the Communications Industry.

· Experience in leading and mentoring the other DBA’s.

· Knowledge of Multiple RDBMS and Windows/Linux/Solaris Operating Systems and shell scripting.

· Good understanding and experience of SAN and Tape Backup

· Excellent presentation skills(MS Project, Visio and Powerpoint) with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $54.26 - $60.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

  • Charlotte, NC 28214: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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