Database Administrator / Data Engineer (12 Month Project)-2

Job Description

ORIS has an outstanding opportunity for A Database Administrator/Database Engineer (12-month Project) to join their team.

About this Opportunity

Reporting to the IT Technology Services Manager, the Database Administrator/Database Engineer (DBA/DE) is responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and security of the databases and data. This position supports databases across platforms and products, both in the cloud and on-premises and provides support through all phases of development as well as providing production support.

This is an essential position and may be required to report to work when UW suspends operations.

Key Responsibilities

Operations and Administration – 60%

• Design, deploy, configure, maintain, and deprecate database environments, databases, data schema, and data elements to support novel applications development and support
• Develop and assist with SQL query design for applications and reporting to meet organizational needs and ORIS commitments
• Recommend, design, implement, and maintain automation to reduce repetitive software development and maintenance tasks and increase application performance
• Maintain configuration and management of databases across Non-Prod and Prod environments to ensure optimal uptime and performance for ORIS products and services
• Engage and participate in ORIS’ culture of review both as reviewer and reviewee to ensure shared knowledge of development practices and high-quality code
• Implement and maintain regular database backup and retention plans to ensure that database archiving and disposition requirements are met
• Determine, implement, and maintain performance monitoring and tuning strategies to ensure that databases operate within security, reliability, and availability requirements
• Configure logging and monitoring to ensure reliable and accurate reporting on database and application health and performance
• Participate in software release (poss