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Job Description
Overview:
DBA Lead Analyst serves as a key technology leader with strategic responsibility for enabling and supporting database technologies utilized to ensure the organization meets its business goals and provides optimal management of Vistra Energy's data assets.
This role will partner and work closely with key strategic vendors and service providers, as well as all other IT leaders to plan, design and/or challenge the integrity of the database architecture that supports cross-functional business needs and aligns with longer term best practice standards and viable technology roadmaps.
Responsibilities:
* Provide database support, including monitoring, backups, maintenance, access management, capacity planning, patching, refreshing, etc.
* Provide database project support for applications, including database creation, performance tuning, upgrades, etc.
* Collaborate with architecture and application teams to drive database migration to the Cloud.
* Execute on automation, innovation, and footprint reduction projects to maintain a minimally viable database footprint.
* Collaborate with database technology vendors and 3rd party support providers as it relates to database support and roadmap activities.
* Project management and ownership of small to large sized database improvement projects and automation of all routine tasks and processes.
* Maintain database inventory, life cycle management, and database CMDB configuration items.
* Ensure database platform licensing compliance, partnering with VMO.
* Create database management documentation, standards, policies, and procedures
Requirements:
* BS or BA degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
* 7 to 10 years of Database Administration experience
* Experience in MSSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, and open source database technologies
* Experience managing databases in the Cloud is highly desirable
Job Family
Information Technology
Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company
Locations
Irving, Texas
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If you currently work for Vistra Energy, TXU or Luminant please apply via the internal career site.