Technical Director
Technical Director, Database Operations Position Overview This position reports to the Sr. Technical Director of IT Operations at AT&T Wi-Fi Services and will manage the DBA team which manages all corporate databases and database related applications in an exciting 24x7, fast-paced, high transaction volume environment.
Major Responsibilities/Duties • Manage the database administration staff, including day-to-day task management, performance evaluations and full-time and contractor hiring
• Present database analysis data, design and performance recommendations to senior management
• Manage corporate Oracle database architecture, interconnections, and schemas for the storage and retrieval of corporate information in a high transaction rate, mission critical 24x7 environments.
• Manage database planning, scaling, and capacity planning activities
• Manage database design, index creation, database optimization, and performance tuning
• Design and implement new data models, tables, and schemas to support new functionality as the business demands
• Management of all database software patches and upgrades
• Ensure high availability of production databases
• Manage multiple physical standby/failover servers in remote facilities
• Work closely with the software development teams in designing changes to the database structure
Requirements for the Position Successful candidate will meet the following requirements:
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or similar discipline (or equivalent work experience)
• Minimum 2-5 years managing an active OLTP database and DBA team
• Minimum 5-10 years of senior level Oracle DBA experience
• Proven ability to manage an Oracle database infrastructure in a high transaction/high availability environment
• Knowledge and experience with Oracle database maintenance
• Experience in database design, index creation, capacity planning, tuning, and optimization
• Strong skills in database protection, backup, and recovery (RMAN, DataGuard, etc...)
• Oracle RAC and other high availability architectures experience a must
• Tools: Quest, Erwin, Toad and SQL*plus, Yasql or equivalent
• PCI experience (desired, but not required)
• Data Warehousing experience (desired, but not required)
• SAP experience (desired, but not required)
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with demonstrated commitment to production of high quality documentation
• Professional demeanor and strong work ethic
• Demonstrated commitment to providing excellent customer service
• Willingness to work off-hours as necessary
The largest communications company in the United States. And the world. We are the industry leaders in providing wireless service, high speed internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services across the US. We are also developing our business to include next-generation television services with our new AT&T U-VerseSM TV.
Join our incredibly diverse company of more than 250,000 people and help drive the innovation that keeps AT&T at the leading edge of technology and service. Expect big things from the company that created the communications industry.
