Unlock Your Career Potential as a Senior Lead Database Administration Expert at Kyndryl
At Kyndryl, we're not just a company - we're a community of innovators, thinkers, and doers who are passionate about harnessing the power of technology to drive progress and make a meaningful impact on the world. As a leading player in the IT infrastructure industry, we're committed to designing, developing, managing, and modernizing the critical technology systems that our daily lives depend on.
About the Role: Senior Lead Database Administration
We're on the hunt for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Lead Database Administration expert to join our dynamic team at Kyndryl. As a Senior Lead Database Administration, you'll be the mastermind behind the management and administration of our database infrastructure, ensuring the long-term success of our business operations. Your expertise will be crucial in shaping the base definition, structure, and documentation of our database systems, as well as configuring, installing, and maintaining database management systems to ensure peak performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Database Administration: Configure databases in accordance with logical data models, create database users with required privileges, and monitor database and listener availability.
- Performance Optimization: Execute SQL query tuning to improve performance, execute explain plans as requested by application teams, and provide application upgrade support for minor releases.
- Security and Compliance: Implement the highest standards of security to protect our valuable data from unauthorized access, manage user access, and develop strong backup and recovery plans to ensure system protection in the event of a failure.
- Strategic Partnership: Work closely with various teams to coordinate systematic database project plans that align with our organizational goals, propose and implement enhancements to improve system performance and reliability, and support end-users and application developers in solving complex problems related to our database systems.
- Capacity Planning: Conduct capacity planning and growth projections based on usage, ensuring that our system is always scalable to meet our business needs.
- Incident Management: Manage database incidents using the Air Canada Incident Management process, provide response time SLA attainment analysis for all reported incidents, and check top sessions and SQLs using more CPU and high IO.
Essential Qualifications:
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Database Administration.
- Strong technical expertise in database administration, including configuring databases, creating database users, and monitoring database availability.
- Experience with SQL query tuning, performance optimization, and database security.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively with various teams.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with creating and maintaining standard operating procedures and documentation.
- Knowledge of data archival and purging processes, change management processes, and root cause analysis.
- Experience working with physical DBAs on software upgrades and fixes.
- Strong understanding of logical database standards and policies.
- Ability to monitor application sessions for transaction volumes, response times, and concurrency levels.
What We Offer:
At Kyndryl, we're committed to investing in our employees' growth and development. As a Senior Lead Database Administration, you'll have access to:
- Career Growth Opportunities: From Junior Administrator to Architect, we offer a clear career progression path and training programs to help you get there.
- Learning and Development: Our learning portal provides access to top-notch training and certification programs, including Microsoft University, AWS Cloud Centre of Excellence, Udemy, and Harvard Business Review.
- Diversity and Inclusion: We're committed to creating an inclusive work environment that welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
- Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that reflects your skills and experience.
- Volunteer and Donation Platform: Our platform allows you to donate, launch fundraising campaigns, volunteer, and search for over 2 million non-profit organizations.
Why Kyndryl?
At Kyndryl, we're driven by a passion for innovation and a commitment to making a positive impact on the world. As a Senior Lead Database Administration, you'll be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of IT infrastructure. Our culture is built on curiosity, collaboration, and a growth mindset, and we're committed to helping our employees grow and thrive.
If you're a motivated and experienced database administration expert looking for a new challenge, we want to hear from you! Apply today and let's build the future together.
How to Apply:
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