Database Administrator (Oracle & SQL Server)

Company Our client is an established IT services provider headquartered on Long Island, in business for more than 40 years. They deliver infrastructure, managed services, and software solutions to enterprise customers across the New York metropolitan area, and they run their own in-house software development team. You would join as a full-time employee of our client.

Compensation

Base salary of $125,000 - $145,000 per year, depending on experience. Full-time W-2 employment with medical, dental, and 401(k) benefits.

Job Location Hybrid. You will be on site 2-3 days a week in Melville, New York, and work remotely the rest of the week.

Role Summary You will be the database administrator for an IT consulting and services provider, supporting both their client projects and their own internal software development team. On client projects, you will own the health of Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server environments, covering performance, backups, patching, security, and recovery. Internally, you will work with developers on schema design, query review, and the development and test databases behind the products they build.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases across production, test, and development environments.
• Run backup, recovery, patching, and upgrades, and validate backups regularly with Veritas NetBackup.
• Monitor performance, availability, and capacity with SolarWinds, and tune queries and indexes when things slow down.
• Support high availability and disaster recovery, including Oracle Data Guard and SQL Server Always On where deployed.
• Manage database security, user access, and compliance requirements.
• Work with the internal software development team on schema design, query review, and database changes, and with application, infrastructure, and cloud teams to keep business applications running.

Qualifications

• 5+ years administering both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases in a production environment.
• Strong command of backup and recovery, performance tuning, and database security.
• Hands-on SQL and troubleshooting skills, plus working knowledge of Windows and Linux servers.
• Comfort working on site with a customer and explaining technical issues to people outside of IT.
• Experience with Veritas NetBackup, SolarWinds, and Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) is a strong plus.
• Scripting in PowerShell, T-SQL, or shell, experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Sybase, and Oracle or Microsoft database certifications are a plus.

Why apply for this position?

• Base salary of $125,000 to $145,000 depending on experience.
• Interesting job variety: production enterprise environments and an in-house development team.
• Hybrid schedule with 2-3 days on site in Melville.
• A stable, privately held employer with more than 40 years in business.

EEO Statement Our client is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.