Contract Database Administrator

This is a contract role for the State of Michigan. The role is hybrid, requiring Mondays and Tuesdays on-site.

As a Senior Database Administrator, the resource, participates in 24x7 software and hardware support for complex applications in several versions of Oracle, with high availability and Disaster Recovery support, following industry and DTMB development standards. The role operates within a 24x7 support environment but does not require on-call coverage. If after-hours support is needed and the resource is available to assist, approved additional hours will be compensated. This also helps develop and/or submit for approval, plans for installation, patch management maintenance, upgrades and support for the Database systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Evaluate impacts of change and new technology, recommend solutions to persistent problems, and serve as Agency Services liaison to external consultants.
• Follow and enforce database standards, policies & procedures. Research and draft guidelines within the boundaries of current policies and standards.
• Monitor space allocation across databases, perform adjustments in test and development environments as necessary and as prescribed by predefined standards/guidelines.
• Calculate disk space requirements for existing and/or new installations of existing business needs  
• Modify DBMS parameters based on capacity changes.
• Configure and execute database integrity checks.
• Monitor for database integrity checks
• Install database base management software for development and test environments.
• Install database patches and service packs for development and test environments.
• Implement the strategy to release unused space or repair fragmentation in test and development environments.
• Execute (run) scripts provided by Systems Analysts or Database Architect/Designer for creating and modifying database objects (tables, views, constraints, indexes, etc.)
• Monitor database jobs and scheduled processes in development, test and production environments. Participate in troubleshooting. 
• Monitor database environments (using alert logs, trace files, alert mechanisms, and other tools) for issues and problems with database functionality, connectivity, or downtime.
• Follow standards and guidelines for database space allocation based on best practices and implementation considerations based on business requirements.                                                     

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of Database administration specifically on Oracle 18c and upwards
• 5+ years of experience creating, updating and maintaining systems documentation
• Experience with high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) database solutions
• Experience supporting database replication and backup environments
• Experience supporting clustered database environments
• Experience monitoring production database environments and troubleshooting outages

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous State of Michigan experience

This role offers 1099 employment with an hourly rate of $70.