Sr Database Administrator
This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Here, our employees don’t just have jobs, they're building careers. That’s why we offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supporting all aspects of their well-being at every stage of life.
A qualified applicant’s criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.
This job posting will remain open until 2025-10-24 05:57 PM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.
The base pay for this position generally is between $77,900.00 and $140,470.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.
Get to Know Us Charter Communications is known by our Spectrum products and services, including: Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice, Spectrum Networks, Spectrum Business and Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you’ll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S. Watch this video to learn more.
Grow Your Career Here We’re committed to growing a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve – providing opportunities for employment and advancement to all team members. Spectrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including job seekers with disabilities and veterans. Learn about Life at Spectrum.
Seeking a role where your skills ensure the reliability of mission-critical databases? As a Senior Database Administrator at Spectrum, you will design, implement and maintain robust production and non-production databases, supporting business continuity and data accessibility while leveraging expertise in AWS, MongoDB, and Cassandra to manage and optimize our database environments. Ideally, you will have a strong background in cloud-based and NoSQL databases, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability while supporting our data-driven initiatives.
Your technical acumen and mentorship will strengthen Spectrum’s database operations, driving effective solutions across our technology landscape.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Perform installations and configurations of grid infrastructure, databases, clients etc. Design and maintains access and security administration, backup and recovery strategies on Database Management Systems
- Support multiple services and multiple databases of medium complexity with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity and accessibility of data
- Design, install, configure and maintain High Availability (RAC, RAC One Node, Data Guard etc.) Database solutions
- Expertise in setup using OEM as a monitoring and diagnostics tool and identifies/resolves the performance issues
- Troubleshoot alerts (alert log, Jobs, Disk Group, Tablespace etc.) and performance issues
- Perform capacity planning of Oracle server environment and provides recommendations to management to sustain business growth
- Design, implement, maintain Disaster Recovery (DR) methodologies and create documentation
- Gather business requirements and designs, implement multiple projects along with the production support
- Create standard operational procedures and templates
- Act as mentor for Database Administrators and Associate Database Administrators
- Perform research and provide plans to remediate complex business problems
- Assist the development teams to improve database design and procedures on PL/SQL best practices etc
- Administer, maintain, and optimize databases across AWS, MongoDB, and Cassandra environments
- Leverage AWS services (RDS, DynamoDB, and Redshift) to enhance database performance and scalability
- Implement and manage MongoDB and Cassandra databases, ensuring data integrity and high availability
- Monitor database performance, analyze query efficiency, and implement tuning strategies to optimize resource utilization
- Develop and execute backup, recovery, and disaster recovery plans to protect data and ensure business continuity
- Implement robust security measures and compliance frameworks to safeguard sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance
- Utilize monitoring tools to track database health and performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure optimal operation
- Assist in migrating databases to cloud environments and support integration with applications
- Work closely with development and IT teams to support database needs and implement best practices.
Working Conditions
- Office environment
- 24x7 on-call support
What You’ll Bring to Spectrum
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience
Experience
- 6+ years of experience working with AWS and various database management systems in testing, implementation, maintenance and administration in a multiple platform environment
Skills
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
- Demonstrated knowledge of database architecture and its implementation, understanding of best practices in maintaining medium to large scale Oracle database systems
- Demonstrated knowledge of PL/SQL programming language, Change Management procedures
- Demonstrated knowledge of Instance, database and query tuning to improve the performance of the database/application
- Demonstrated understanding of SAN technologies related to SQL server disk layouts; Windows/Linux/Solaris operating systems and shell scripting
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear and straightforward manner with all levels of management and company personnel
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and handle multiple projects and tasks
- Ability to show judgment and initiative and to accomplish job duties while working under pressure
- Ability to use personal computer and software applications (i.e. word processing, spreadsheet, etc.)
- Ability to work independently or with others to resolve problems, handle requests or situations
- Ability to effectively consult with department managers and leaders
Preferred Qualifications
Education
- Relevant certifications in AWS, MongoDB, or Cassandra are a plus
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex database challenges
- Experience in communication, level setting expectations, and driving deliverables with a team
- Proficient in AWS database services such as RDS, DynamoDB, and Redshift.
- In-depth understanding of MongoDB and Cassandra architectures and administration
- Strong skills in optimizing database performance and query efficiency.
- Experience with data security best practices and automation using scripting languages like Python or Bash
- Familiarity with database monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch, DataDog, or Prometheus
- Proven experience in managing cloud-based and NoSQL databases in enterprise environments
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Here, our employees don’t just have jobs, they're building careers. That’s why we offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supporting all aspects of their well-being at every stage of life.
A qualified applicant’s criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.
This job posting will remain open until 2025-10-24 05:57 PM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.
The base pay for this position generally is between $77,900.00 and $140,470.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.
Get to Know Us Charter Communications is known by our Spectrum products and services, including: Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice, Spectrum Networks, Spectrum Business and Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you’ll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S. Watch this video to learn more.
Grow Your Career Here We’re committed to growing a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve – providing opportunities for employment and advancement to all team members. Spectrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including job seekers with disabilities and veterans. Learn about Life at Spectrum.
