Senior Database Administrator

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $67.00–$73.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This Senior Database Administrator role joins the OT DBA team in downtown Minneapolis, MN. The Senior Database Administrator primarily supports the database environments for OT Energy Services, which includes Distribution, Transmission, and Nuclear business areas and other regulated application databases. The Senior Database Administrator partners with application support teams on projects of all sizes and durations. The Database Administrator serves as diagnostician and solution provider for data, information, and business process-related analysis. They are responsible for providing technical expertise in specific data domains and incorporating data governance into daily activities. They provide expertise in the integration of data, insights and trends and solution recommendations. They enable data-driven decisions for their respective domain. They partner with other analysts to extract, interpret, and perform advanced analytics.

> Please note: This contract assignment will support Nuclear Operations and will be subject to Nuclear access eligibility requirements. While U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is not a universal requirement, not all individuals will qualify for Nuclear access. Suppliers should ensure that any candidate screening practices comply with applicable laws and consult their legal and compliance teams as appropriate. Final Nuclear access eligibility determinations are made through the client's Nuclear Security review process after an offer is extended.

• Creates and maintains databases for test, development, and production environments to support the business.
• Analyzes, tests, and implements physical database design.
• Documents environment and maintains current patches.
• Ensures data recovery, maintenance, and data integrity.
• Audits the current environments and provides capacity planning.
• Provides technical knowledge working with system administrators, technical managers, developers, and architects.
• Experience with SQLServer Database Administration, including Database Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning, and Business Continuity.
• Experience with Oracle Database Administration, including Database Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning, and Business Continuity.
• Work cross-organizationally to drive adoption of standard tools and improved data integrity; ensure IT solutions have sound data management practices; provide subject matter expertise and consultation on data aspects of new and/or changing IT solutions.

• Strong communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.
• Strong Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
• Excellent problem solving, data governance acumen, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience with distributed computing, data visualization, data architecture and structure, statistical modeling, and predictive modeling.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience designing, developing, and delivering reporting solutions and providing insight to business.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and recommend BI solutions to fulfill business requirements.

• Strong technical knowledge of SQLServer database administration for SQLServer 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022.
• Strong technical knowledge of Oracle database administration for 12c, 19c, and 21c.
• Experienced with SQLServer Integration Services (i.e., SSIS package development and implementation, reporting services).
• Experienced with Database replication technologies (i.e., mirroring, log shipping, replication).
• Experienced with Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), RAC, and Data Guard technology.
• Experienced with Oracle and SQLServer Major Version upgrade.
• Experienced with T-SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, and PowerShell Scripting.
• Experienced with Windows/SQLServer Clustering and AlwaysOn Failover Cluster.
• Experienced with managing PostgreSQL and MySQL Databases.
• Knowledge of additional database platforms such as MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL is a plus.

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business, or a related field, or 8 years of experience equivalent to the position.

• Multiple DBMS support experience required; specifically SQLServer (Senior level) with some Oracle database support experience (Junior level).
• Hands-on experience with the latest technology and features of SQLServer and Oracle.
• 8 years of experience may substitute for the required bachelor's degree.

• Local Minneapolis, MN-based candidates only.

• This contract assignment will support Nuclear Operations and is subject to Nuclear access eligibility requirements. Not all individuals will qualify for Nuclear access. Final Nuclear access eligibility determinations are made through the client's Nuclear Security review process after an offer is extended.
• Local MN-based candidates only — remote candidates will not be considered.

This organization is a major U.S. utilities and renewable energy provider, serving more than 3.7 million electric customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers across eight states — Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas — making it one of the nation's leading energy infrastructure operators. The company is actively investing in the clean energy transition, expanding renewable generation and grid modernization across its service territory, and employs electrical and civil engineers, grid operations specialists, environmental scientists, IT and cybersecurity professionals, database administrators, and finance and regulatory analysts. Recognized by the Human Rights Campaign as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality with a perfect Corporate Equality Index score for multiple consecutive years, the organization serves millions of customers daily across the Midwest and Southwest United States and maintains a workforce where approximately one in ten employees are veterans.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

Job Number: 26-17953 Industry: Software Engineering