Senior Professional Database Administrator bei Bickham Services Unlimited, LLC

Start Date - End Date: 09/22/2025 - 11/28/2025 
Location: will be specified soon 
Job Description 
Summary: 
Provides technical consulting services to the client in data and database architecture to 
include establishing information management direction for an enterprise and participating 
in the formulation of strategic direction for data management.

 
What You Will Do: 
• Monitors database activity and file usage, and ensures necessary resources are
 present.
 • Determines data to collect and analyzes information as appropriate.
 • Investigates and resolves technical database issues of significance.
 • Oversees the analysis and determination of database performance characteristics,
 informational needs and elements, data relationships and attributes, proposed
 manipulation, data flow and storage requirements, and data output and reporting
 capabilities for more complex databases.
 • Recommends and implements tuning opportunities to improve system response
 and run times.
 • Defines logical attributes and data inter-relationships and designs complex data
 structures to accommodate database production implementation, storage,
 maintenance and accessibility to enhance performance.
• Optimizes database accessibility by developing load balancing architectures and 
processes to eliminate down time for backup processes. 
• Limits database accessibility based upon information security level and ensures 
data spillage from more secure to less secure databases does not occur. 
Implements and supports database security regulations, policies, and guidelines. 
• Monitors security bulletins to obtain information of potential threats; installs 
necessary security patches to ensure ongoing database security. 
• Plans and installs upgrades of database management systems (DBMS) software as 
necessary to enhance database performance. 
• Researches various hardware and software products; recommends solution and 
implements approved products. 
• Functions as a technical project leader or provides work leadership for less 
experienced personnel on a portfolio of databases, including installations and 
upgrades of DBMS software and backup/recovery strategies. 
• Reviews and approves application and database design decisions to ensure that 
application solutions exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, 
maintainability, and reliability upon deployment. 
• Assists project managers in the development of project plans including detailed 
project estimates and tasks required for database activities. 
• Utilizes standard corporate tools to record change and problem activities for 
tracking purposes. Integrates databases and commercial of the shelf software; 
resolves conflicts between databases and of the shelf software, operating systems, 
and open source applications. 
• Designs and tests database installation, implementation, and recovery scenarios. 
• Determines test to use and collects appropriate data according to established 
guidelines. 
• Participates in analysis, development and implementation of unique database 
recovery plans in response to client-impacting outages. 

You Will Be Successful If: 
• Good analytical and problem solving skills 
• Good programming skills for database management and general software 
• Good communication skills 
• Leadership skills to guide work teams 
• Ability to work in a team environment 
• Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action 
• Willingness to travel 
• Work Environment Client or office environment Weekend and evening work 

What You Will Bring: 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience 
Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or 
related field preferred 
• Six or more years of experience in database design or maintenance 
• Experience working with computer hardware and software installation/upgrading 
procedures 
• Experience working with database and system maintenance procedures 
• Experience working with database creation techniques and database management 
systems (DBMS) features 
• Experience working with database performance tuning