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Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator

Central Garden & Pet

Walnut Creek, CA

$140K - $170K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 15 days ago


Central Garden & Pet rating

7.6

Company rating: 7.6 out of 10

Central Garden & Pet

Based on 40 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

7.4

Company rating compared to similar companies: 7.4 out of 10

Manufacturers average

Based on 68,326 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

The best things about working at Central Garden & Pet

  • 97%

    97% say they get paid breaks

    say they get paid breaks

  • 94%

    94% say it is easy to take sick days

    say it is easy to take sick days

  • 94%

    94% say they don’t worry about hours

    say they don’t worry about hours

Featured by Central Garden & Pet, based on 40 Breakroom Quiz responses from their frontline employees


Job description

Description

Reporting to the Director, System Operations, the Senior Database Administrator owns the reliability, security, performance, and recoverability of the company’s mission-critical database platforms. This role leads database installation, upgrades, patching, configuration standards, monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning, and serves as an escalation point for complex incidents. The position partners with application and infrastructure owners to design and implement new systems and improvements, ensuring backup/recovery and disaster recovery readiness.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 
  • Create and promote standards for databases and database servers, including software versions, backup configurations, and security configurations.
  • Manage events, incidents, and problem management processes for database-related issues.
  • Perform capacity management for database servers and tuning for all databases in the environment.
  • Proactively maintain the database environment to ensure proper operation, security, and backup/restore integrity.
  • Liaison between application owners and the infrastructure group for database-dependent applications.
  • Implement monitoring of database environments to ensure availability, security, and performance within acceptable standards.
  • Support migrations to cloud-based data platforms.
  • Subject matter expert for database environment architecture and design.
  • Stay current with database technologies and trends.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience with data modeling, schema design, and normalization
  • Experience delivering services via outsourced partners.
  • Demonstrated experience with mission-critical SQL databases.
  • Conceptual knowledge of Oracle databases
  • Certification in one or more of the following: Oracle, SQL, Unidata.
  • Demonstrated experience with capacity management and tuning large-scale mission-critical databases.
  • Experience with enterprise-class Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms.
  • Experience with Azure and/or other Hyperscalers.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION  
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred. Relevant experience may substitute.
  • 5+ years of database administration experience required.
WORKING CONDITIONS  
  • Must be able to routinely lift/move objects weighing up to fifty pounds.
  • Domestic travel up to 5% annually
POSITION INFORMATION  
  • This position pays $140,000-$170,000 per year depending on experience and location
BENEFITS PACKAGE & EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS 
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Free Life and Disability Insurance
  • Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401k with 3% company match and annual employer discretionary contribution
  • Paid vacation, holidays and sick time
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Access to thousands of free online courses
  • Discounts on cell phones, movie tickets, gym memberships, and more!
  • Education Assistance (both college degrees and professional certifications)
  • Referral Program with cash bonus
  • Access to on-demand pay
  • Paid parental leave
 
Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) (NASDAQ: CENTA) is a leading consumer goods company in the pet and garden industries. Guided by the belief that home is central to life, the Company's purpose is to proudly nurture happy and healthy homes. For over 45 years, its innovative and trusted solutions have helped lawns grow greener, gardens bloom bigger, pets live healthier, and communities grow stronger. Central is home to a diversified portfolio of market-leading brands including Amdro®, Aqueon®, Best Bully Sticks®, Cadet®, C&S®, Farnam®, Ferry-Morse®, Kaytee®, Nylabone®, Pennington®, Sevin® and Zoёcon®. With fiscal 2025 net sales of $3.1 billion, Central has strong manufacturing and logistics capabilities supported by a passionate, entrepreneurial growth culture. The Company is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, and employs over 6,000 people, primarily across North America. Visit www.central.com to learn more.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Perks for frontline workers

From Central Garden & Pet, via Breakroom

  • Safety is a top priority!

  • Paid Vacation

  • Paid Holidays

  • Paid Sick Time

  • Paid Breaks

  • Consistent shift and schedule

  • Comprehensive Health Insurance

  • 401k with Company Match

  • Referral Program with Cash Bonus

  • Education Assistance

  • Paid Parental Leave

About Central Garden & Pet, in their own words

From Central Garden & Pet

Our leading consumer and professional brands provide forward-thinking, high quality products to care for your lawn, garden, pets and community. We are committed to helping lawns grow greener, gardens bloom bigger, pets live healthier and communities grow stronger.

Company values

From Central Garden & Pet

The Central Way | We Do the Right Thing | We Strive to be the Best | We are Entrepreneurial | We Win Together | We Grow Every Day | We are Passionate

Diversity and inclusion statement

From Central Garden & Pet

Central Garden & Pet is committed to building a great place to work that embraces diversity as a key pillar of our culture. This is a journey, and we are committed to listening, learning and doing the work to move forward together.


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