First Data is a leading provider of payment solutions for financial institutions and merchants around the world. With over 42 Billion merchant transactions annually and nearly 750 Million credit/debit cards on file, First Data powers the payments value chain in over 80 countries across the globe. We are proud of our extensive customer relationships supporting over 7,000 financial institutions and the largest merchant distribution network in the industry with over 1,200 partners servicing merchants large and small.
Our 25,000 employees are industry experts helping businesses simplify payment processing and improve the customer experience with our broad portfolio of solutions, including: Credit and Debit card issuing and acquiring, STAR® PIN-Debit Network, Point of Sale Terminals and deployment services via our subsidiary, TASQ Technology, Gift Card and Loyalty Solutions, TeleCheck® Electronic Check Acceptance Services, MoneyNetwork® Payroll Distribution, eCommerce and online banking solutions, world-class security services like our new TransArmorsm STAR® CertiflashSM Solutions, and more.
First Data. Beyond the Transaction.
Business Segment Overview First Data’sGlobal Operations and Technologydivision closely integrates operations, technology and product development to make sure we have the right platforms in place today and into the future to meet the ever changing demands of our partners. With nearly 17,000 employees O&T makes sure we offer the security, reliability, speed, and simplicity that our customers look for in a processing provider.
O&T is a large organization touching nearly every aspect of First Data service delivery, including; product development; client project delivery; infrastructure operations; global service delivery; information services, strategic sourcing, and enterprise security, risk and compliance into a single end-to-end organization.
Job Description
This position is for a Sr. Database Administrator with experience in Oracle 10g and/or 11g. Working with VLDB's (multiple terabyte) in a high availability, high volume transaction processing (OLTP) environment on various platforms including AIX, Linux, and Solaris. The right individual will be able to quickly grasp environments and become a working member of a team in a short period of time. Must be able to function in a fast-paced, high stress environment.
Production On-call support, fail-over testing, implementing database patches and upgrades, routine DBA activities. Position requires shift flexibility to work varying hours as required to support the business.
Designs, installs, maintains and upgrades the enterprise's production databases. Provides technical expertise in the use of database technology. Accountable for the overall performance of the enterprise's database environment. Works closely with clients, business analysts, systems programmers, and application developers to define and resolve information flow and content issues---helping to transform business requirements into environment specific databases. Monitors and analyzes performance metrics and allocates database resources to achieve optimum database performance. Works on multiple projects as a project leader, or sometimes as a project advisor. Supports multiple servers and multiple databases of medium to high complexity (complexity defined by database size, technology used, and system feeds and interfaces) with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity and accessibility of the data. Works independently on projects. Requires minimum coaching on interfacing with multiple IT groups and business units. Provides technical coaching to business functions and lower level database administrators on more complex issues.
Job Specific Responsibilities
* Designs , installs, maintains and upgrades the enterprise's production databases
* Provides technical expertise in the use of database technology
* Accountable for the overall performance of the enterprise's database environment
* Monitors and analyzes performance metrics and allocates database resources to achieve optimum database performance
* Works on multiple projects as a project leader, or sometimes as a project advisor
* Supports multiple servers and multiple databases of medium to high complexity (complexity defined by database size, technology used, and system feeds and interfaces) with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity and accessibility of the data
* Provides technical coaching to business functions and lower level database administrators on more complex issues
* Fail-over testing, implementing database patches and upgrades, routine DBA activities.
Candidate Requirements
* Expert in database administration, database monitoring and tuning, and physical database development. Understands the principles, theories, practices and techniques of Oracle database administration. Understands the technology impacts on business strategic direction enabling definition and integration of technical plans supporting the enterprise business functions and processes.Core skill set in the following areas:
· Database creation/upgrade
· Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting
· Security administration
· RMAN/Dataguard
· Capacity Planning and monitoring
· 7+ years of heavy Oracle database administration experience using
Oracle 10g and/or 11g in AIX and Solaris environments.
· Advanced skills and experience in PL/SQL and Unix shell scripting
· 24x7 on-call rotation and off-hour support as needed
· Able to function in a fast paced, high stress environment
· Experience with Golden Gate or Shareplex replication products a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, MIS or related field.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Capable of training users in applications and operating system fundamentals and writing basic documentation.
* Experience documenting common processes
