Database Administrator - IS Customer Experience

  • Full-time

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business”
Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Expeditors is a Fortune 500 global logistics company that satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization and take time to understand each customer’s individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing our customers’ supply chains.

Our industry professionals, award winning processes, and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, You’d be surprised how far we’ll go for you.®
 

  • 15,000 trained professionals
  • 250+ locations worldwide
  • Fortune 500
  • Globally unified systems

 

Job Description

The DBA team ensures the reliability and integrity of data, including the availability and consistency of data throughout the organization. DBAs work with business analysts, system architects, software developers, and quality assurance resources to provide consistent data across all applications in support of business objectives.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Data Integrity:

·         Ensure recoverability of data through the design, implementation, and practice of defined database disaster recovery strategies

·         Ensure availability of data through the design, implementation, and practice of database high availability strategies

·         Establish and maintain the quality of data throughout the organization to support business goals

Monitoring and Maintenance:

·         Monitor database performance to identify database configuration, hardware, and SQL query tuning opportunities

·         Monitor database resource usage and recommend hardware/software changes as needed

·         Monitor database utilities to ensure maintenance policies are being achieved

Documentation and Standards:

·         Provide documentation for database design and modification

·         Document established DBA-driven processes, workflows, and tasks

·         Adhere to all applicable team and department standards governing workplace performance

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

·         Familiarity with relational database management systems (DB2, PostgreSQL) and their core concepts

·         Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL)

·         Experience with Unix and Microsoft Windows environments

·         Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently

·         Ability to collaborate in team environment

Desired Qualifications

·         Strong knowledge of DB2 and PostgreSQL Server relational database management systems and concepts

·         Scripting experience with sh, ksh, bash, awk, sed, Python, and/or Perl

·         Familiarity with Ansible and Infrastructure as Code concepts

         

Additional Information

Benefits:

  • Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time 
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
  • Training and Education Program

 

 

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