Job Summary:
Tampa Electric Company is seeking a Sr. Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain all components of Database Management Systems (DBMSs). The role involves planning and coordinating database-related projects, ensuring corporate-wide access to business data, and providing support for database performance and integrity.
Responsibilities:
• 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.
• 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.
• Implement appropriate database backup and recovery strategies with oversight from more senior DBA staff. Perform database recovery and restoration as instructed.
• 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.
• 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.
• Maintain knowledge of existing and emerging database technologies. Maintain sufficient knowledge of TECO Energy business processes and systems.
• Participate in upgrades to DBMSs including impact analysis, testing, data conversion, and implementation.
• Participate in data integration tasks for application-specific data access and data warehousing.
• Enforce database standards and procedures for primary DBMS products in use at TECO Energy.
• Maintain requisite knowledge of all standard operating systems in use at TECO Energy necessary to perform the DBA function.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline is 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.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle RDBMS.
• A minimum of six years of direct work experience in database administration is required. Other IT experience as a Programmer or Systems Analyst may be considered in lieu of specific DBA experience.
• A minimum of eight years of direct work experience in database administration is required. Other IT experience as a Programmer or Systems Analyst may be considered in lieu of specific DBA experience.
• A minimum of ten years of direct work experience in database administration is required. Other IT experience as a Programmer or Systems Analyst may be considered in lieu of specific DBA experience.
• Expert with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle DBMS and working knowledge of an additional DBMS (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server) is required.
Preferred:
• Holds an industry-level database administration certification from Microsoft or Oracle.
• Previous experience as a Programmer or Systems Analyst preferred.
Company:
TECO Energy Inc. is an energy-related holding company. Founded in 1899, the company is headquartered in Tampa, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.