Senior Lead Database Administrator

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

As a Senior Lead Database Administrator, you will be responsible for all aspects of administration, security, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and data replication in our Oracle database environments, while providing strategic guidance and advanced troubleshooting for complex application/database challenges. You will be a part of a hybrid DBA support model (onshore/offshore) working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and operations, to ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of our systems.

Location

This role is designated as a fully remote position within the United States.

The Main Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical direction in the creation, delivery, and integration of multiple and complex database solutions for a design and/or production environment.
• Consult and collaborate with multiple teams in the following areas:
  •    Design - design database solutions, convert logical design into physical database, perform problem determination and resolution, and perform database design process and reviews.
  •    Production - perform database management, resolve database problems, and provide database security.
• Explore and evaluate new and emerging technologies relating to the design and/or production database environment. 
• Develop and drive overall DB solutions and strategies.
• Evaluate and recommend new DB tools and emerging technologies.
• Create and contribute to DB standards and processes.
• Lead complex outage analysis and resolution. Also, consult and collaborate with Architecture and Infrastructure on IT-wide solutions.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education.
• Experience in Oracle 19c and 12c including RAC, ASM, OEM, GoldenGate, and Data Guard.
• Backup/recovery expertise using RMAN.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with DB upgrades, re-hosting, and patching.
• Experience leading database design reviews, access methods, database performance and SQL tuning, security policies, and pre/post-implementation capacity planning.
• Good design, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities and the ability to understand end-user experience.
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