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Date: 11-Feb-2013
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Database Administrator

• Perform server and storage capacity management and planning for the most complex and critical systems. • Recommend and implement process and tool improvements to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization's change management and configuration management processes and systems. • Plan for transition of the development and/or production environment to new technology. • Recommend and plan server recapitalization. Perform server performance tuning. Baselines and forecasts server performance data and tunes server hardware and software configurations. • Utilize system software to monitor the performance of system files; manages system data to maintain performance efficiencies. • Study system requirements to determine proper server installation methods and procedures. May provide 24x7 operational support. • Provide technical support in the evaluation of prime object names, data elements, and other objects. • Evaluate proposed objects and their attributes. • Ensure that proposed object definitions are clear, concise, technically correct, and that they represent singular concepts. • Answer users' inquiries regarding computer software and hardware operation to resolve problems. • Enter commands and observe system functioning to verify correct operations and detect errors. • Install and perform minor repairs to hardware, software, and peripheral equipment, following design or installation specifications. • Oversee the daily performance of computer systems. • Set up equipment for employee use, performing or ensuring proper installation of cable, operating systems, and appropriate software. • Maintain record of daily data communication transactions, problems and remedial action taken, and installation activities. • Read trade magazines and technical manuals, or attend conferences and seminars to maintain knowledge of hardware and software. • Confer with staff, users, and management to establish requirements for new systems or modifications. • Conduct computer diagnostics to investigate and resolve problems and to provide technical assistance and support. • Create and maintain monitor definitions and rules based upon requirements from Service Level Agreements (SLAs). • Monitor and conduct advanced analysis of output and performance of management of systems according to prescribed standards. • Plan and test capacity requirements. • Ensure that services are provided with sufficient capacity to meet the business requirements. • Develop training materials and procedures, or train users in the proper use of hardware or software. • Refer major hardware or software problems or defective products to vendors or technicians for service. • Prepare evaluations of software or hardware, and recommend improvements or upgrades. • Supervise and coordinate workers engaged in problem solving, monitoring, and installing data communication equipment and software. • Inspect equipment and read order sheets to prepare for delivery to users. • Modify and customize commercial programs for internal needs. • Conduct office automation feasibility studies, including workflow analysis, space design, or cost comparison analysis. • Manage, monitor and administer database system performance and schedule activities. • Perform optimization and tuning of data loads and extractions. • Recommend appropriate procedure, query or package changes and optimizations to ensure and improve system performance and reliability. • Install and configure database environments and associated storage systems. • Perform backups/restores, and archive data.

• Backup or archival software — Acronis Recovery Expert; Backup and archival software; Systems and data disaster recovery software; VERITAS NetBackup • Data base management system software — Database management software; Microsoft SQL Server; Quest Central; Sybase Replication Server, Database models • Development environment software — C; Microsoft Visual Basic; Prolog; Restructured extended executor REXX • Metadata management software — AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler; Data modeling software; IBM Rational Data Architect; Visual Paradigm DB Visual ARCHITECT • Object or component oriented development software — Microsoft Visual C# .NET; Practical extraction and reporting language Perl; Sun Microsystems Java; Sybase PowerBuilder

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