Sr. Database Administrator, Progression

Title: Sr. Database Administrator, Progression 
Company: Tampa Electric Company
Location: Bearss Operations Center 
State and City: Florida  -  Tampa
Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days

Hiring Manager:  Nathan Campbell

Recruiter: Mark Koener 

 

 

 

TITLE:    Sr. Database Administrator, Progression

PERFORMANCE COACH:     Manager, Application Development & Support (AD&S)
COMPANY:    Tampa Electric, TECO Services Inc.
DEPARTMENT:    Information Technology & Telecommunications/Enterprise & Business Solutions

 

POSITION CONCEPT
Designs, implements, and maintains all components of Database Management Systems (DBMSs).  Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring database–related projects and maintenance activities.  Develops and implements database strategies that support corporate-wide access to business data.

 

Please note that this position can be hired at any level within the job family progression, but ideally at this time, we are seeking to fill it at the Sr. level.

 

TITLE:        Associate Database Administrator
REPORTS TO:    Manager, Application Development & Support (AD&S); Lead Database Administrator
Entry-level Database Administrator (DBA) position that supports a limited number of databases with frequent supervision.  

 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
1.    Perform database-related activities in support of development projects or off-the-shelf software implementations.  Identify opportunities to reduce data-redundancy and utilize single sources of data.
2.    Support systems development staff in understanding application data requirements and developing logical database models.  Convert logical database designs to physical database models and develops the Data Definition Language (DDL) to create appropriate database objects.  
3.    Implement appropriate database backup and recovery strategies with oversight from more senior DBA staff.  Perform database recovery and restoration as instructed.
4.    Provide on-call support to troubleshoot database problems on a twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week basis.  Participate with other members of the Database Administration (DBA) staff in ensuring primary and secondary/backup support is always available for critical TECO Energy databases.
5.    Perform database monitoring and tuning activities to ensure optimal performance and response time.  Provide support to systems development staff (and others performing similar functions outside of IT) in efficient SQL coding techniques for optimum database and application performance.  
6.    Maintain knowledge of existing and emerging database technologies.  Maintain sufficient knowledge of TECO Energy business processes and systems.
7.    Participate in upgrades to DBMSs including impact analysis, testing, data conversion, and implementation.  
8.    Participate in data integration tasks for application-specific data access and data warehousing.
9.    Enforce database standards and procedures for primary DBMS products in use at TECO Energy.
10.    Maintain requisite knowledge of all standard operating systems in use at TECO Energy necessary to perform the DBA function.

 

SUPERVISION
Direct Supervision:    None
Indirect Supervision:    None

 

RELATIONSHIPS
Key Internal:    Interacts with company employees at all levels and frequently interacts with other IT&T support groups/personnel.
Key External:    May interact with hardware and software vendors, contractors, and external consulting firm personnel.

 

QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Required:    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline is required.  
Preferred:    N/A

 

Licenses/Certifications 
Required:    None
Preferred:    Holds an industry-level database administration certification from Microsoft or Oracle.

 

EXPERIENCE
Direct Experience
Required:    A minimum of four years of direct work experience in database administration is required, however other IT experience may be considered in lieu of specific DBA experience.  
Preferred:    N/A

 

Related Experience 
Required:    N/A
Preferred:    N/A

 

Supervisory Experience 
Required:    N/A
Preferred:    N/A

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (KSA) 
See the “Technical Skills Matrix” for specific required technical skills for this position.
Required:    Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle RDBMS.
Preferred:    N/A

 

WORKING CONDITIONS 
Working in an office environment
 

TITLE:        Database