Senior it database administrator - united states, west palm beach

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position specific description

at nextera energy, we are taking our database engineers team to the next level. these talented employees are the drivers of analyzing, designing, developing, testing, debugging, implementing, and integrating new or existing operational efficiencies into the technical infrastructure and existing business processes. in this role you will primarily work with the many different database technologies but with a focus on oracle and postgresql.  you will also be adding value by designing and developing solutions to improve and enhance our operational processes.  you will also drive efficiencies by working with application vendors for issue resolution and provides technical leadership to his/her team and customers.  you will use your solutions-oriented approach and high work ethic, along with excellent communication and process management skills, to mentor internal customers and teammates on the database platforms. 

please note this role provides 2nd level support on a rotational basis along with development activities.

required qualifications include:

deep knowledge in installing, configuring and maintaining enterprise database technology environments such as oracle and postgresql in an on premise and aws cloud infrastructure extensive knowledge installing, upgrading and performing disaster recovery efforts with oracle db's sql tuning and database performance evaluation and configuration systems engineering experience, including aix / linux performance, memory management, i/o & performance tuning, security, clusters and troubleshooting. experience working directly with customers, resolving database, systems and infrastructure-related issues and also providing systems architecture leadership working knowledge of relational database internals (locking, consistency, serialization, disaster recovery) coding skills in at least one scripting language a must (tcl, perl, python, powershell, etc.) minimum 5 years of experience engineering, administering and managing multiple relational database technologies (e.g. oracle, postgresql, etc) experience in agile/scrum methodology experience in shell and python scripting with focus on devops tools, ci/cd significant exposure in various os administration tasks analytical problem solving effective written communications effective verbal communications

preferred qualifications:

sap and oracle dba experience a plus bachelor's or equivalent experience experience:5+ year

job overview

employees in this role are responsible for all activities associated with the administration of either mainframe or distributed computerized databases.

job duties & responsibilities

• designs, implements, maintains, and monitors databases
• develops, documents, and implements guidelines, standards and   procedures, maintenance of database dictionaries, and integration of systems through database design
• performs other job-related duties as assigned

required qualifications

analytical problem solving effective written communications effective verbal communications bachelor's - sciences dba/administration database applications database connectivity database backend performance consulting

preferred qualifications

high school grad / ged bachelor's or equivalent experience experience:5+ years

employee group:  exempt
employee type:  full time
job category:  information technology
organization:  florida power & light company 
relocation provided:  no

where permitted by applicable law, nextera energy requires all employees and new hires to be fully vaccinated for covid-19 or be willing to receive the covid-19 vaccination on or before the first day of employment.

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nearest major market: palm beach
nearest secondary market: miami

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