Director Database Administration
Company: VITAS Healthcare Corporation
Location: Hollywood
Posted on: June 22, 2022
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Job Description:
Responsible for supporting and ensuring the success of the VITAS
IT Matrix approach, ensuring demonstrable progress across all
Product Workstreams. Works within the VITAS IT Matrix Organization
to assign project resources, prioritize tasks, balance resource
demands and deliver projects on time and on budget. Monitors all
staff commitments and delivery capability, immediately escalating
delays to the appropriate leadership, product owner and project
managers. Maintain stable development, test, reporting and
production database environments. Oversee maintenance and support
of UNIX server hardware, software and operating system environment.
Provide on call support and for the timely and accurate resolution
of problems for all database systems. Execute a mentoring process
to bring all DBAs up to a high degree of competency. Determine,
schedule and lead the major projects to be accomplished by the DBA
department. Coordinate and schedule all projects that require
database interaction and support. Participate in all phases of
development projects that interact with the database systems. Work
with application programmers on the use of database tools,
techniques and concepts. Assist application developers with writing
efficient SQL. Plan, install, coordinate and implement program
products and tools that ease the administration and monitoring of
databases. Develop and maintain standards to effectively monitor
system performance. Maintain adequate operating system backups and
daily backups of all critical databases according to disaster
recovery procedures. Keep current on all new DBMS releases to
exploit the new functionality. Coordinate and perform database
upgrades, installs and testing. Perform Unix server installations,
upgrades and testing. Provide support to the corporation in
handling the daily scheduled database production jobs. Perform
table modifications, database sizing, security and referential
integrity administration. Maintain database synchronization on the
backup servers in accordance with the disaster recovery procedures.
Devise database reorganization and tuning strategies for optimum
performance. Make recommendations to senior IT and/or Vitas
personnel on the most cost-effective technical solutions during
project design and implementation. Document required Service Level
Agreements for all database servers. Co-ordinate all downtime and
service impacting activities and inform the various business units.
Prepare, execute and document Disaster Recovery procedures for all
database systems and co-ordinate recovery activities with the
Disaster Recovery team. Produce monthly reports of database growth
and level of activity for critical databases. Coordinate, maintain
and support all HR functions for direct reports, including
vacation/time off requests, annual reviews and expense reports.
Coordinate CARs and Purchase orders for equipment and materials
required in maintaining an effective department. Create a model
that supports the organization's mission and values based on an
internal and external needs assessment. Monitor the
internal/external environment and identify opportunities to fulfill
the corporate strategy. Set priorities for planning activities for
assigned unit. Serve as strategic liaison for key organizational
initiatives between business units and their customers, both
internal and external. Assess current operational business models
and develop appropriate new models as needed. Approve personnel
actions such as new hire requests and discharges, to ensure proper
staffing Participate in policy development. QUALIFICATIONS Minimum
five years DBA experience with Sybase and 2 years experience with
MS SQL server Prior experience performing database installations
and upgrades Prior experience with Sybase replication is a plus
Experience with SQL scripting, stored procedures and triggers
Working knowledge of HP-UX and Windows operating systems Ability to
develop and maintain Unix shell scripts and cron jobs Working
knowledge of network connectivity and interoperability of
multi-platform environments Project management skills are required
and the ability to use Microsoft Project Proven production support
background of application databases in a 24 X 7 environment Strong
problem solving and analytical skills are necessary for this
position Database administration certification supplements the
position skill base and is considered a plus Ability to express
complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in
writing Excellent time management and organizational skills are
necessary for this position. Ability to work independently without
supervision Ability to work well with people from different
disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience Ability to
work on various assignments simultaneously Strong interpersonal
skills within all levels of the organization Ability to navigate
within automated systems and proficiency in Outlook, Word and Excel
Extensive knowledge of policies and practices involved in the human
resources function Ability to direct staff and business functions
in an engaging environment maintaining workforce production and
development Advanced leadership skills to resolve critical issues
and make strategic decisions to contribute to the organizational
goals and objectives Effective operational and cost management
skills Ability to utilize and administer the disciplinary action
process through coaching and counseling to improve performance or
terminate employment EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in computer
science or related field from an accredited college or university
or the international equivalent required. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO
CANDIDATES EOE/AA M/F/D/V
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