Sr. Database Administrator

BIICS, Inc is looking to fill a Database Administrator position. The position is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The incumbent must live in Florida and be able to present on-site if needed. Staff are required to be off the week of Christmas and New Year unless services are required with prior approval from division leadership.

Responsibilities:

• ​Managing and maintaining all production and

non-production databases related to the Enhanced Field System (EFS) modernization project.

• Managing and maintaining the (EFS) migration

process.

• Maintaining and updating the DEL website Parent

Portal as necessary.

• Actively participate in meetings or other

project activities to produce project deliverables.

• Producing monthly status reports that outline

accomplishments and planned activities for the following month.

• Understanding the project requirements and

project goals and using that understanding to produce project deliverables.

• Communicating project progress and information

to key stakeholders.

• Assisting in the preparation of information for

program leadership team, executive steering committee, and project management as appropriate.

• Ensuring technical direction and standards for

database maintenance, access and security are being followed.

• Identifying and eliminating obstacles to

solution plans, business goals or implementation. Assist in the development and implementation of contingency plans.

• Participating in conference calls with State and

Federal stakeholders, as necessary.

• Researching and maintaining knowledge in

database administration and possible application to the project/program.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience working with

various database management systems in database design, testing, implementation, maintenance, and administration of multiple platform environments.

• Experience with performing backup and recovery

on database management systems, configure database parameters, and prototype designs against logical data models, defines data repository requirements, data dictionaries and warehousing requirements.

• Minimum 8 years of experience writing complex

efficient queries, views, stored procedures, and user defined functions with MS T/SQL.

• Minimum 5 years of experience with MS SQL Server

and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) utilizing parameters, sub-reports, drill down technologies and subscriptions.

• Minimum 5 years of experience producing

technical documentation related to requirements, specifications, traceability matrices, designs, or testing.

• Minimum 3 years of experience creating and

maintaining reports in Azure Power BI.

• Minimum 3 years of experience developing with

web applications.

• Minimum 2 years of experience working with Azure

Dev Ops and Visual Studio .NET.

• Minimum 3 years of experience administering

cloud database platforms, including Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, and/or Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Expertise in aligning application strategies

with data security standards and regulatory requirements.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and

Visio. Reviews documents, including requirements documents, testing plans, development plans and architectural plans to ensure that implementation of said documents and plans will result in the system required by the user.

• Demonstrated experience with large-scale

implementation projects.

• Expert knowledge of relational database

management systems and database architecture principles.

• Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting

skills in complex database environments.

• Experience reducing query response times and

improving application performance through database optimization techniques.

• Experience optimizing cloud database resource

utilization and supporting cloud cost management initiatives.

• Ability to analyze complex database environments

and recommend performance, scalability, availability, and optimization strategies.

• Experience with cloud database platforms,

including Azure SQL Database and Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Experience supporting high-volume transactional

and analytical database workloads.

• Experience with performance engineering and

database tuning methodologies.