Lead Oracle DBA

This is your opportunity to work for one of “Chicago’s 101 Best & Brightest Companies, 2007”!!

 

A top Chicago software company is seeking a Lead Oracle DBA to join our team!! If you are looking to get your foot in the door with a leading-edge software development company this might be the opportunity for you!

 

What We Do

 

Founded in 1980, we are a well-established software development company characterized by our innovative technology products as well as our dedication to both our customers and our employees. Over time, we have grown from a company helping a handful of insurers value totaled vehicles, to providing our customers with industry-leading software solutions, analytical tools, and comprehensive data. Our solutions help our customers make better business decisions, ultimately getting people back into their cars faster after a collision.

 

Job Description

 

The Lead Oracle DBA uses expert level knowledge of database and data design technologies along with solid understanding of CCC's business to implement and support data solutions that meet CCC's business requirements. Supervises a team of database administrators.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Supervises a team of database administrators. Provides direction, oversight, and coaching of team members. Provides input to performance appraisals of team members. Understands CCC's business, business systems, and impacts of infrastructure on business operations. Partners with data architects to shape and design data, database, data warehouse, and business intelligence solutions to support CCC's business. Installs, maintains, upgrades, troubleshoots, tests, and supports data base technologies (Oracle, Sybase, Red Brick, SQL Server). Ensures that databases systems are implemented to meet CCC's internal and external standards and service level requirements. Ensures data bases are replicated and backed up to meet CCC's operational and disaster recovery requirements. Performs database hygiene and maintenance to ensure optimum performance. Provides problem solving expertise and coordination as required across all technologies implemented at CCC. Serves on cross-functional project teams as the data and database subject matter expert. Communicates database issues to management. Serves as the primary escalation point for all database issues and problems, and ensures timely resolution. In conjunction with Architecture, continually evaluates the database environment and proposes changes which improve the effectiveness of the computing environment. Provides leadership to project teams during design and implementation activities. Provides monitoring, coaching, and knowledge transfer to team employees. Tunes databases for optimal performance. Provides advice and counsel to other teams, and serves on design teams. Creates work and cost estimates for implementations of new databases or changes to current databases. Documents system designs and related processes.

Key Success Factors: Ability to work with minimal supervision. Ability to provide team leadership and direction. Assumes total responsibility for work assigned and delivers on commitments. Takes ownership of problems and/or issues and ensures timely resolution. Proactively identifies opportunities for improvement of the computing environment. Is able to respond quickly and adapt to changes in priorities driven by a dynamic marketplace. Is able to interact with CCC's executive management both inside and outside of IT.

 Education & Experience:Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. 7-10 years information systems experience in a large enterprise systems environment supporting mission-critical systems and applications across a variety of database technologies, e.g. Oracle, Red Brick, Sybase, SQL Server. 3-5 years supervisory experience including performance appraisals. 5+ years experience in Oracle or SQL Server. Expert level skills in database installation, maintenance, and upgrades. Expert level skills in database tuning, performance management, and database reorganization. Expert level skills in backup and recovery of databases. Expert level skills in data base recovery in a disaster recovery environment. Expert level SQL and scripting skills. Strong UNIX (Solaris) and Windows skills.

 Certifications: Should hold certifications in Database technologies.

 


Why Choose Us

 

Innovative and revolutionary, we believe that our success depends on people making the difference. We pride ourselves on working with goal-oriented, ambitious individuals, people who share our vision of leadership, innovation and commitment to others. It’s hard not to be successful when you recruit and retain the most talented people!

 

We know that our employees are our greatest assets and want each one to have a long, successful career with us. Therefore, we offer a variety of training programs and career development opportunities, and promote a healthy work-life balance. We offer paid time off, vacation, and holidays. Additional company benefits include an onsite workout facility, medical, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan!

 

Last, but certainly not least, we’re located in the Merchandise Mart in the heart of beautiful downtown Chicago! What’s not to love?!