Senior Lead Teradata Database Administrator (DBA)

Vergence

Senior Lead Teradata Database Administrator (DBA)

Springfield, IL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    In this role you will:

    • Manage, monitor, and maintain OnPrem Teradata hardware/software including patches,
    replacements, and upgrades with support from Teradata.
    • Support data governance, metadata management, and system administration
    • Plan and execute tasks required to ensure the Teradata system is operational including
    occasional evening and weekend support for Teradata maintenance.
    • Provide direction to developers on Operational, Design, Development, and Implementation
    projects to ensure best use of the Teradata system including review/approval of database
    components (such as tables, views, SQL code, stored procedures).
    • Performing database backup and recovery operations – using the BAR DSA and NetBackup.
    • Developing proactive processes for monitoring capacity and performance tuning.
    • Providing day-to-day support for the EDW users problems like job hands, slowdowns,
    inconsistent rows, re-validating headers for tables with RI constraints, PPIs, and configuration.
    • Maintaining rules set in the Teradata Active System Management (TASM) and supporting
    workload management.
    • Maintaining the Teradata Workload Manager with the proper partitions and workloads based
    on Service Levels.
    • Supporting the database system and application server support for the Disaster Recovery (DR)
    build/test, annual drill, and quarterly maintenance as needed.
    • Actively monitoring the health of the Teradata system and Teradata Managed Servers (TMS)
    using Viewpoint and other tools and application servers and make preventive or corrective
    actions as needed.
    • Maintaining access rights, role rights, priority scheduling, and reporting using dynamic workload
    manager, Database Query Log (DBQL), usage collections and reporting of ResUsage, AmpUsage,
    and security administration etc.
    • Coordinating with the team and customers in supporting database needs and making necessary
    changes to meet the business, contractual, security, performance, and reporting needs.
    • Supporting internal or external audit process and address vulnerabilities or risk proactively.
    • Prepare and support IRS and internal audit.
    • Coordinating with Teradata to perform Teradata system hardening and delivery of Safeguard
    Computer Security Evaluation Matrix (SCSEM) Reports as needed, addressing issues in the
    hardening and vulnerability scan report.
    • Generating and maintaining capacity management, Space, and CPU reports on analyzing the
    Spool, CPU, I/O, Usage, and Storage resources and proactive monitoring to meet performance
    and growth requirements.
    • Reviewing and resolving Teradata alerts and communicating any risk / issues or impact to the
    management, team, and business users through appropriate communication strategy.
    • Effectively reporting status, future roadmap, proactive process improvements, automation,
    mitigation strategies, and compensating controls to the management and clients.
    • Leading database or data related meetings and projects/activities delivering quality deliverables
    with minimal supervision/direction.
    • Sharing knowledge, coaching/mentoring other members in the team for backups.
    • Performing additional duties that are normally associated with this position, as assigned.
    • Responsible for front-end tool (OpenText Bi-Query) and model maintenance and administration