Database Sr - SQL DBA
Waste Management

Houston, Texas

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Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

WM a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

I. Job Summary

Designs complex logical and physical databases requiring additional specialized technical knowledge, and coordinates database development.

II. Duties and Responsibilities include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.

  • Resolves complex or ambiguous database issues.
  • Analyzes, designs, creates and implements complex database applications in all environments.
  • Administers, supports, maintains, optimizes, and monitors complicated database applications in all environments.
  • Plans, installs, and maintains complex DBMS binaries, patches and bug fixes. Designs, tests, and implements specific database structural changes.
  • Implements standard configurations and tools to enable back up operations, analyzing of objects, and cleaning of file systems and logs
  • Supports high availability database infrastructure including Clustering and Database Mirroring.
  • Performs database Backup and Recovery in support of business continuity
  • Manages database performance and capacity, provides plans for increases and/or decreases, ensures improvements are successfully implemented and makes tuning adjustments as necessary. Coordinates with users to determine requirements.
  • Designs and enforces Best Practices and DB Standards as per industry standards.
  • Investigates and resolves difficult and advanced database application problems.
  • Contributes to specification meeting with project team to determine scope and limitations of projects.
  • Maintains database schemas and data documentation.
  • Participates in on-call rotation and provide first line after hours support as needed.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

May coach and mentor less-experienced analysts and act as team leader on systems projects.

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

Required: Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Computer Science, MIS, or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of related experience.

Experience: Five years of previous experience required.
Preferred: Bachelor's Degree and at least five years of related experience.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

Advanced knowledge or skills in one or more of the following is required:

  • Knowledge of database analysis, design, and maintenance.
  • Understanding of TCP/IP networking environments
  • Experienced with building and support Real Application Clustering on Linux platform.
  • Experience in negotiating issues to resolution.
  • Unix and Linux Operating Systems.
  • Supporting (VLB) Very large database leveraging.
  • Ability to present, communicate, and articulate effectively to technical and non-technical personnel, vendors, and Senior Leadership.
  • Understands infrastructure elements including performance and tuning considerations.
  • Backup and recovery experience.
  • Knowledge of disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity.
  • Windows Operating Systems.
  • Sharepoint or EPK application administration.
  • T-SQL programming.
  • Understanding of SQL Reporting and Analysis services.
  • SSIS Windows OS and other relational database systems.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Self Motivated and multi-tasking individual that works well in a team environment.
  • Experience in negotiating issues to resolution.

D. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities that Contribute to Success

May require advanced skills in one or more of the following:

  • PL/SQL programming, Korn Shell programming, Oracle Data Replication, Oracle RAC and Data Guard.
  • Expertise of Data Modeling tools and techniques.
  • Project Management skills and experience leading a project team.
  • Ability to build relationships with peers and customers,
  • Demonstrate a customer-service centered service delivery approach.
  • Proficiency of backup or monitoring tools.

V. Work Environment and Essential Functions

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. [Note: the following is defaulted for office setting position]

  • Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc) most of the workday.
  • Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely.
  • Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely.
  • Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely.
  • Normal setting for this job is: office setting.

At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

You and your family can go back to school - and it's on us! Access WM's education benefit, Your Tomorrow, and see what's possible. Benefits-eligible team members can receive 100% tuition coverage for 135+ fully funded programs - including bachelor's degrees, high school completion, college prep, professional certificates and more. Plus WM will contribute toward 40+ master's programs! Even better, all required books and out-of-pocket fees for education programs are 100% reimbursable.

Don't forget, Your Tomorrow is also available for dependents. WM will pay 100% of the tuition for children ages 18 to 26 and spouses of benefits-eligible team members for more than 35 in-demand programs from high-quality schools and universities including undergraduate degrees, short-form technology and business certificate programs and high school completion. Students only pay for books.

Ready to learn more? Get started today at wm.guildeducation.com!

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."

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