Duquesne University

Database Administrator I – Computing and Technology Services (CTS)

Pittsburgh, PA, US · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 99 days ago

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About the role

The Database Administrator I (DBA I) is responsible for supporting the mission critical production, test, and development applications and environments used by the campus community.
Duties are performed on a variety of operating systems with a primary focus on RHEL and Windows.
The nature of this position will require the individual to occasionally work evenings and weekends.

Supports and enforces security procedures and best practices.
Identifies and documents available patches and upgrades for all supported products, including the campus ERP platform.
Monitors vendor product communication channels and product roadmaps to identify new technologies, release dates, requirements, and support timelines.
Able to stop and start critical processes and deploy applications and patches to support the computing environment.
Works with the Database Administration Team to plan and implement upgrades and patches in support of the Ellucian ERP and Oracle environments, as well as other team supported assets.
Enters service requests with Oracle, Ellucian, and other vendors and responds to vendor technical support feedback with the support of other DBA team members.
Performs administrative tasks / other duties as assigned.
The Database Administrator I will be responsible for multiple aspects of database management and application support for central computing at Duquesne University.

The Database Administrator I will be responsible for multiple aspects of database management and application support for central computing at Duquesne University.
include software installation, patch and upgrade administration, application setup and configuration, database and application server support, vendor technical support, technology life cycle management, backup and recovery, troubleshooting, and server security, audit, and operations monitoring.
The DBA I will report to the Associate Director of Administrative Applications and will also collaborate with the Database Administration Team in planning efforts and the development of standards, project plans, policies, and procedures.
Duties are performed on a variety of operating systems with a primary focus on RHEL and Windows.
The nature of this position will require the individual to occasionally work evenings and weekends.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Conducts fundamental Oracle Database Administration tasks, including database creation and maintenance, tuning, backup and recovery, program migrations, and security implementation and audit.

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