Title: Technical Specialist III (DBA) Duration: 12+ months (Possibility of Extension) Location: Glen Allen, VA (Hybrid)
Description:
Looking for 8+ years of experience with database administration and server migration expertise.
Tech stack: Windows server 2019/2022, MS SQL 2017 & above, familiarity w/Azure Cloud Services, MS Office suite, UNIX
Hands on experience with database administration tasks as needed for SPAA owned dbs.
Identify improvements for dbs/servers and work with team to implement them.
Design, deploy and support databases changes/updates/enhancements.
Experience with prod and non-prod environment standards when deploying changes to respective environments.
Managing the database availability and performance, including incident and problem management.
Administering database objects to achieve optimum utilization.
Defining and implementing event triggers that will alert on potential database performance or integrity issues.
Performing database housekeeping, such as tuning, indexing, etc.
Monitoring usage, transaction volumes, response times, concurrency levels, etc.
Identifying reporting, and managing database security issues, audit trails, and forensics.
Designing database backup, archiving, patching and storage strategy.
Monitoring Scheduled Database Tasks• Server Maintenance and Monitoring:
Performing routine maintenance tasks such as installing software updates and patches as per DE enterprise standards.
Monitoring server performance and resource utilization and troubleshooting issues to ensure servers operate efficiently and reliably.
Support server upgrades, server migrations as per team needs.
Automatic File Transfer (AFT) Configuration for Fault Analysis team
Read communication functional drawings to identify relays the team communicates with
Using control drawing updates, identify network communication changes at substations that impact connections and require reconfiguration
Create necessary AFT files for new substations
Make updates to relay types, IP addresses, and other changes to ensure continued AFT operations.
Communicate upcoming access changes to System or Regional Operations in advance of relay alarms
Required Education:
2- or 4-year degree in computer science.
Required Skills:
Database administration
Sever Maintenance and Monitoring
Ability and willingness to learn the “nice to have” skill set below, if they don’t have that experience already
Preferred Skills:
Experience with substation relaying, reading control drawings, and maintaining network communication Automatic File Transfer (AFT) configuration files
Electric Power Industry or Electric Utility would be ideal
Soft Skills:
Strong teamwork and communication skills to collaborate with a local team of engineers and computer programmers, and to communicate with remote field technicians.
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