Oracle and Postgres DBA
Arlington, Virginia, United States, Remote
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Excella is a leading provider of Agile software development and data and analytics solutions to clients in the federal, commercial and non-profit sectors. We believe that great work leads to great things –- our experts measure success by the positive impact we make on our clients, community, and colleagues. We are growing fast and need passionate, innovative people who love working with technology and are ready to make an impact. Here's what you can expect from us:
- Workplace sites look different for everyone – whether it’s your home or the office, we believe in a flexible work/life balance that supports you regardless of your location. We offer a home office allowance that can be used for home office furniture/equipment, a daily pass for a coworking space, etc. Our commute reimbursement plan has you covered for whether you bike, Metro, or drive to work.
- We offer top of industry medical, dental, and vision benefits with multiple options to choose from such as an employer-contributed health savings account, infertility coverage, and orthodontia so you can select the plan that works best for you.
- Regardless of what stage of life you’re in, Excella wants to support you. We provide 8 weeks of Parental Leave, discounted pet insurance, and a Care.com membership with 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually – all available to you on your first day.
- Starting day one, every employee is bonus eligible and receives 15 days of paid vacation, 6 federal holidays, and 4 floating holidays.
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- Excella provides a Workplace Allowance to offset both the costs to maintain a distributed work environment and to enhance your workplace wellness. Excella will reimburse all full-time Excellians for up to $500 in expenses incurred during the calendar year.
- Diversity and inclusion matter. Excella created and continues to support employee led-affinity groups and the Inclusion Diversity Equity Ambassador (IDEA) team, a cross-functional employee-led initiative to continually foster innovation and increase inclusion within Excella.
- We'll invest in your career by providing 3 days of paid professional development every year, including travel and registration fees to attend classes and conferences.
- We encourage mindfulness and overall well-being through employee wellness events, a HeadSpace membership, as well as access to TalkSpace and mental health coverage through our medical plans.
Overview
A Database Administrator role supporting a large client program working across multiple Agile delivery teams. Responsible for developing, monitoring and optimizing databases for web applications. Mentors DBA team members and manages team workloads. Role intended to expand into a DevOps engineer career path over time.
Responsibilities:
- Developing, monitoring and optimizing databases for web applications
- Develop SQL scripts for applications, canned reports, and ad-hoc requests
- Lead migration efforts for legacy datasets
- Serve as the main point of contact for enterprise data teams
- Bring a DevOps mindset to database development by automating processes, fully utilizing source control for all DB tasks, and removing dark work.
- Mentor developers in database practices, and serve as a database SME for multiple agile teams
- Help set mid-long term technical roadmaps as it pertains to database development, maintenance and migration.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of hands on experience developing, monitoring and optimizing Oracle and Postgres databases
- Good knowledge of the major AWS Cloud services and tools
- Experience designing and building databases within an AWS Cloud environment, including working with services like EC2, RDS, DMS, S3 and IAM
- Experience using AWS auto-scaling services to automatically adjust capacity and maintain predictable performance at optimal cost
- Experience using monitoring solutions like AWS CloudWatch
- Experience using version control solutions like GitHub or BitBucket
- Experience working in Agile delivery environment using frameworks like Scrum, Kanban or SAFe
- Experience in database migration from on-prem databases into the AWS Cloud using AWS DMS
- Experience in IAM DB Authentication to configure the roles/policies to database users
- Experience upgrading Oracle and Postgres databases
- Experience with database backup and recovery using AWS Backup service
- 2+ years experience mentoring and/or supervising technical team members
Excella is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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