It is nice to see a reasonable requirement for a technical consultant, instead of assuming every position needs a person with "great" skills.
"Good communication skills"
The Database Administrator (DBA) will be responsible for installing, creating, managing and tuning GIS databases in support of Telvent Miner & Miner*s software development and customer support activities. The underlying RDBMS is Oracle on UNIX and Windows operating systems, and SQL*Server. TM&M is a business partner of ESRI and makes extensive use of ESRI*s Spatial Database Engine (ArcSDE) in all of its solutions. The DBA will be expected to support SDE installation, configuration, troubleshooting and tuning.
Primary responsibilities include:
* Installing, creating and loading of Oracle and SQL*Server databases
* Managing and maintaining ESRI spatially enabled databases in Telvent Miner & Miner development, test and QA environments, as well as at remote customer locations.
* Database performance evaluation and tuning, backup procedures, and general database assistance to internal and external clients.
* Implementation of procedures for ensuring security and integrity of company databases
* Implement data models and database designs, data access and table maintenance scripts
* Resolve database performance issues, database capacity issues, replication and other distributed data issues.
Education & Experience Required:
* Bachelor of Science degree in computer science (or other technical field with computer emphasis). Relevant job experience will also be considered in lieu of a degree.
* 2 - 4 years experience as a DBA in a production environment
* Good problem solving skills
* Database tuning skills
* Ability to work independently
* Willingness to travel ~25%
* Good communication skills
Preferred:
* Experience with ArcSDE and knowledge of SDE versioning concepts
* Oracle and/or SQL*Server certification.
