Netezza Database Administrator

Blutic is looking for a Netezza Database Administrator with minimum 5 years experience. Working as a DBA having strong skills in database design, maintenance, configuration and administration, and should have supported large development teams.

The candidate should be proficient in Linux / Unix when working with the Netezza host, and be able to perform standard DBA activities. This position will require on-call and weekend support on rotation basis for planned and unplanned activities.

The candidate should have supported 24x7 systems in a High-Availability environment. The Administrator would also establish security controls for PHI / PII data in compliance with Corporate and legal guidelines

This is a 100% remote opportunity.

Roles & responsibilities

• The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Administration, Installations, Migrations, Patching, Backup and Recovery to provide 24x7 Production Support.
• Monitoring and analyzing Logs.
• Good understanding of Indexes, Statistics and Postgres
• Experience working in "Performance Tuning"
• Creation and maintenance of Databases, creating Roles and managing user permissions, resolving deadlocks.
• Worked on Database Maintenance, Backups and Recovery Plans.
• Database Monitoring, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Backup / Recovery, Security Management.
• Worked on Replication and Log Shipping related issues.
• Worked with Crontab
• Administering databases in development, test, QA and production environment.
• Automation using PowerShell scripts, BASH, Python
• Implementing best practices for access controls
• Ability to document technical as well as management process flows
• Ability to work effectively with business areas, IT Support teams and peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Not required, but nice to have : experience working in Azure, AWS or Snowflake