Netezza Database & System Administrator (DBA) - $100K-$130K

Company Description

***Please only apply to this position if you have the ability to work Full-Time for an organization in Harrisburg Region are a US Citizen, have your Greencard or Long-Term Visa***

Our client is one of the largest retailers in the world and is in a explosive growth phase in their business life cycle. Over the past few years they have gathered millions of structured and unstructured customer data points across the web, mobile, social and Ecommerce. This data needs to organized, mined, analyzed and reported on to drive marketing programs and sales across the business.

Job Description

• The Netezza Database Administrator will be responsible for the design, development, installation and performance of Netezza appliances. 

• The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for all Netezza appliance support, monitoring, performance, and documentation of all Netezza databases. 

• Data management tasks including: User/Group/Permissions maintenance; Work Load Management; Database/Schema/Table design and maintenance; monitoring and performance; installs and upgrades of all related appliance software; collaboration with IBM Netezza support.

• The Netezza DBA will support primarily a Netezza appliance environment that will include configuration, administration and maintenance of business-critical 24x7 non-production and production environments. 

• Perform database performance analysis, capacity planning, system sizing and ongoing maintenance/tuning to ensure maximum performance on Netezza systems. 

• Recommend and implement a detailed security design for the appliance to meet security and application needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science/Technology or Engineering, or equivalent relevant work experience.

• At least a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Netezza.

• Must have 5+ years of SQL programming and Performance Tuning experience.

• Must have Netezza Hardware and Network component knowledge.

• Expert-level experience administering large databases in a mission-critical environment.

• Netezza hardware and network component knowledge is a must.

• Extensive experience with different backup/restore and disaster recovery solutions.

• Strong knowledge and experience with computer hardware including Servers, Network, SAN technologies, I/O subsystems. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skill set.

• Develop and define administrative and operational standard practices using Netezza utilities (Groom, Distribution, statistics, Zone Maps).

• Solid experience in Netezza system configuration and setup with its utilities and tool sets.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skill set.

• Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills.

• Self-starter, positive attitude, problem solving skills and self-initiative are must qualities.