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WorkNovas LLC

DBA /Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

Job title: DBA /Engineer Duration - 6 Months Location - Phoenix, AZ 85054 Hybrid LinkedIn profile Must. Mandate: DB management On-prem Banking domain ETL Pipeline Development: Design, build, and ...

JS Consulting

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Dennis, TX · On-site

$43 - $53.75/hr

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems * 3+ years of experience as a DBA / developer for complex and high-volume data warehouse projects. * AWS certification * Strong PL/PGSQL ...

Clarivate Analytics

Lead DBA/Developer

Alexandria, VA · Hybrid

$53.50 - $67/hr

... A Engineer, or similar database-focused role. * 7+ years of experience with relational database architecture, logical and physical database design, and performance optimization. * 7+ years of ...

Clarivate

Lead DBA/Developer

Alexandria, VA · Hybrid

$53.50 - $67/hr

... A Engineer, or similar database-focused role. * 7+ years of experience with relational database architecture, logical and physical database design, and performance optimization. * 7+ years of ...

Clarivate Analytics US LLC

Lead DBA/Developer

Alexandria, VA · On-site

$53.50 - $66.75/hr

... A Engineer, or similar database-focused role. * 7+ years of experience with relational database architecture, logical and physical database design, and performance optimization. * 7+ years of ...

Alter Domus

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Arete Technologies, Inc.

Oracle DBA Specialist

Raleigh, NC · On-site

$49.25 - $67/hr

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DBA Engineers, or Database Administrators, are IT professionals responsible for managing and maintaining databases to ensure their security, integrity, and availability. They handle tasks such as database installation, configuration, performance tuning, backups, and disaster recovery. DBA Engineers also monitor database systems, troubleshoot issues, and optimize queries to support business operations. Their role is critical in organizations that rely on large volumes of data and require high levels of data reliability and accessibility.

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DBA /Engineer

WorkNovas LLC

Phoenix, AZ • On-site

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Re-posted 26 days ago

Job description

Job title: DBA /Engineer

Duration – 6 Months

Location – Phoenix, AZ 85054 Hybrid

LinkedIn profile Must.

Mandate:

DB management On-prem

Banking domain

ETL Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain automated Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines to move data from diverse sources into central warehouses.
SQL Development & Optimization: Write complex queries, stored procedures, and triggers, while performing performance tuning to ensure fast and efficient data retrieval.
Data Transformation: Clean, validate, and restructure raw data into consistent, high-quality formats that meet business reporting requirements.
Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Proactively monitor job execution, resolve errors, and investigate pipeline failures to ensure data reliability

Key Responsibilities

Administer and maintain databases (DB2 z/OS, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Netezza)

Monitor performance, troubleshoot incidents, and perform root-cause analysis

Manage backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery

Perform installations, upgrades, patching, and performance tuning

Enforce database security, compliance, and data integrity

Automate DBA tasks using scripting (Python, Shell, PowerShell)

Support deployments, migrations, and on-call operations

Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams

Experience & Skills

Up to 6 years of DBA experience

Strong knowledge of performance tuning, HA/DR, and security

Experience with scripting, Agile methodologies, and distributed systems

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Preferred

Cloud databases (AWS RDS, Azure SQL)

Monitoring/observability tools

Data modeling, NoSQL, or big data exposure