DB Specialist
Bothell, WA

Job Description

Job ID: 76051

Required Travel :No Travel

Who are we?

If you're a smartphone user then you are part of an ever more connected and digital world. At Amdocs, we are leading the digital revolution into the future. From virtualized telecommunications networks, Big Data and Internet of Things to mobile financial services, billing and operational support systems, we are continually evolving our business to help you become more connected. We make sure that when you watch a video on YouTube, message friends on SnapChat or send your images on Instagram, you get a great service anytime, anywhere, and on any device. We are at the heart of the telecommunications industry working with giants such as AT&T, Vodafone, Telstra and Telefonica, helping them create an amazing new world for you where technology is being used in amazing new ways every single day.

In one sentence

Responsibility of maintaining and supporting Oracle based Databases. Including Production, Performance and Testing environments.

What will your job look like?

* You will provide high level of expertise and problem solving services to all stakeholders during project lifecycle (from Development till post production) by clarifying and addressing permanent and efficient solutions to complex and unusual problems
* You will be supporting end to end life cycle of product from database perspective.
* Helping with modernizing DB architecture and maintenance to implement new DB technologies, such as Liquibase, NoSQL DBs, while making it possible to take on increasingly complex business requirements.
* Investigate and provide expertise on queries performance in Production Oracle based BD as well as in testing environments.
* Design, development, configuration and administration of large and critical database system. Experienced in both Oracle 12C and NoSQL database technologies like Casandra, Mongo DB.
* Analyze, enhance database configuration and ensure full availability, high performance and improve highly complex code where conventional approaches do not help, requiring high analytical capabilities and broad and extensive knowledge
* Design strategy for DB working processes (e.g. backup & recovery) during project life cycle and translate and guide until implementation
* Provide guidance and coaching to project management and development teams ,implementation groups as well as customer architects - internal and external Amdocs customers, including stakeholders who lack technical DB expertise. Also you understand the business requirements around the DB Architecture and be actively involved in evolving it as per the latest business needs.
* Identify automation and efficiency opportunities, lead and direct the solution creation and implementation, and assure standards (new and existing processes and initiate enhanced changes).
* Manage and lead Root Cause Analysis, Lesson Learned and prevention processes to meet high standard of deliverables and work according to company methodology
* Review code/scripts/plans, meet KPIs ad SLA, plan vs. Actual comparisons and LL/RCAs.
* Production support of the application from DB perspective, working in DevOps model within the team to troubleshoot issues related to logical business flow or performance or outages.

All you need is...

* Bachelor / B.Sc. in computer science or equivalent
* 7-8 years' experience as Oracle DBA and SQL knowledge in a SW company
* Significant experience and solid knowledge of RDBMS
* Experience with UNIX or UNIX variants and scripting
* Relevant Database Certifications are required.
* Experience in operating within a complex, multi-interface environment.

Why you will love this job:

* You will have the opportunity to work in a growing organization, with ever growing opportunities for personal growth and one of the highest scores of employee engagement in Amdocs.
* You will be able to use your specific insights into variety of projects to overcome technical challenge while continuing to deepen your area of knowledge.
* You will have the opportunity to work in multinational environment for the global market leader in its field