IT Database Administrator

Responsibilities

• To check the availability of the services;
• To ensure the sustainability and defect-resistance of the database services;
• Administration of the database's backup and restore processes;
• To actively support colleagues and team members in BaU operations;
• To escalate the events and defects to the sub-section manager of the IT database management/ section manager of the corporate IT services operations;
• To provide technical advice and support to the IT section in connection with the database management;
• To actively participate and collaborate with development and engineering teams;
• To provide official information to the key stakeholders on the events and corrective action plans;
• To perform other obligations related to his/her duties, which are assigned by the management;
• To share the data with other employees upon the relevant request under the sub-section manager for the IT database management;
• To immediately (before starting to resolve the issue) inform the sub-section manager on the any issue arising out of the IT database management;
• To ensure the improvement of and support of Azerconnect databases;
• To improve the operations in Azerconnect database;
• To optimize the database and support the migration;
• To upload, configure, assess and update RDBMS and relevant products
• To perform and ensure the safety of the database (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges);
• To plan the growth and amendments (personnel quantity planning);
• To manage the amendments and versions;
• To optimize the databases and ensure the most productive operation by developing views, indexes and other database objects;
• To arrange and maintain the documentation and standards;
• To ensure the documentation of the amendments and changes to the database;
• To ensure the documentation required by the sub-section manager of the IT database management;
• To completely follow the Azerconnect IT change management instructions;
• To develop a careful and effective budget to ensure what is done and how it’s done, and get positive results;
• To properly manage the workload and priorities contradict one in order under an intensive work environment.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in the technical field or IT is mandatory;
• 4+ years of experience in database management;
• Deep knowledge and practical experience with databases;
• At least 6 years of experience in IT system administration;
• Proficiency in English, Russian, and Azerbaijani (reading, writing, speaking);
• 4+ years of experience in management within complex environments;
• Extensive experience in change and release management and ITIL frameworks;
• Certified administrator or professional in database management;
• Practical experience in database installations on Microsoft, Solaris, and Linux platforms;
• Intermediate Linux skills (including bash scripting);
• Excellent collaboration skills, particularly on technical matters;
• Knowledge of general network protocols such as TCP/IP, OSI Model;
• Experience with Oracle Grid Control and/or other monitoring tools;
• Knowledge of memory system architecture and cluster solutions;
• Experience with WAN/LAN technologies, server virtualization, storage, security technologies, and databases;
• Experience in troubleshooting;
• Deep knowledge of emerging IT technologies;
• Knowledge of how IT supports corporate and business segments;
• Experience in diagnosing, eliminating, and restoring issues in Windows and Unix-based systems;
• Experience with Windows 2003, 2008, NT, Linux (RHEL, Oracle Linux, Suse), Solaris, and BSD systems;
• Knowledge of network security systems (firewalls), routers, DNS, DHCP, VPN, FTP, IPs, and information delivery products;
• Knowledge of data storage networks and protocols (FCP, FCIP, FCoE), multichannel technologies (MPIO), and storage devices;
• IT hardware concepts (RAID, SAN, x86 architecture, SCSI, iSCSI);
• Knowledge of the OSI model;
• Always ready to perform duty responsibilities;
• Knowledge of the data processing centre environment.