Senior Database Administrator
Job Summary
Job Description
Progress, a provider of software for AI-powered applications, is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for their Managed Database Administration Service group. The role involves providing remote database administration for OpenEdge deployments, acting as an expert for MDBA accounts and business continuity policies. Responsibilities include supporting customer deployments, performing periodic on-call duties, troubleshooting OpenEdge database issues, providing monthly reports, and executing backend project work such as health checks, feature implementation (e.g., Replication, TDE, Auditing), platform migrations, and maintenance tasks like Dump and Load.
Must have:
- Minimum 5 years of experience with OpenEdge databases
- Experience with UNIX/Linux and Windows platforms
- Shell Scripting on UNIX/Linux
- Windows Batch scripting and CLI
- JDK/JRE frameworks and Tomcat implementations
- Experience with n-tier environments (Classic AppServer and PASOE)
- Progress SQL92 and middleware solutions
- Passion for helping customers resolve technical issues
- Familiarity with problem analysis and troubleshooting
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
- Fluent in English and one other language
- Willing to work in EMEA time zone (2:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST)
Good to have:
- Experience as a remote OpenEdge database administrator
- Experience with project work as an OpenEdge consultant
- Experience with Pro2* Replication product
Perks:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrolment
- 30 days of earned leave
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Various other leaves (marriage, casual, maternity, paternity)
- Premium Group Medical Insurance for employees and five dependents
- Personal accident insurance coverage
- Life insurance coverage
- Professional development reimbursement
- Interest subsidy on loans
8 skills required
Job Details
We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - a/ the trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI powered applications and experiences with agility and ease.
We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Senior Database Administrator for our Managed Database Administration Service group and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward.
In this role, you will be helping our customers succeed in their business by providing remote database administration tasks for their production OpenEdge deployments. You will be the expert for our MDBA accounts and their business continuity and high availability policies. That’s a great opportunity to work with the largest and most senior team in the OpenEdge database ecosystem, supporting the largest managed database service in the industry.
In this role, you will be helping our customers succeed in their business by providing remote database administration tasks for their production OpenEdge deployments. You will be the expert for our MDBA accounts and their business continuity and high availability policies. That’s a great opportunity to work with the largest and most senior team in the OpenEdge database ecosystem, supporting the largest managed database service in the industry.
In this role, you will:
- Support multiple customer deployments as their Primary Database Administrator
- Support the team with a periodic on-call duty, currently 10 weeks per year
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical OpenEdge database issues as they come in
- Provide monthly reports for your customers
- Deliver backend related project work for Progress customer base, such as:
- Perform Database Health Checks
- Implement OpenEdge Database Features like OE Replication, TDE, Auditing, etc
- Perform Platform migrations and/or upgrades for deployed OpenEdge environments
- Perform maintenance items like Dump and Load, implementing After Imaging, etc
Your background:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with OpenEdge databases
- Experience with both UNIX/Linux and Windows platforms
- Shell Scripting on UNIX/Linux
- Windows Batch scripting and CLI
- JDK/JRE frameworks and Tomcat implementations
- Experience with n-tier environments involving both Progress Classic AppServer and PASOE
- Progress SQL92 and middleware solutions, e.g. DataServers for MSSQL or Oracle
- A passion to help customers resolve technical issues
- Familiar with various problem analysis and troubleshooting methodologies
- Excellent communication skills, both orally and written
- Fluent in English and at least one other additional language, both written and spoken
- Must be willing to work in EMEA time zone [2 00 PM to 11 00 PM IST]
Additionally, it would be beneficial if you have:
- Experience as a remote OpenEdge database administrator (DBA)
- Experience with project work as an OpenEdge consultant
- Experience with Pro2* Replication product in LAN and WAN environments
If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat. What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with, and also to enjoy:
Compensation
- Competitive remuneration package
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrolment
Vacation, Family, and Health
- 30 days of earned leave
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Various other leaves like marriage leave, casual leave, maternity leave, and paternity leave
- Premium Group Medical Insurance for employees and five dependents, personal accident insurance coverage, and life insurance coverage
- Professional development reimbursement
- Interest subsidy on loans - either vehicle or personal loans.
Together, We Make Progress
Progress is an inclusive workplace where opportunities to succeed are available to everyone. As a multicultural company serving a global community, we encourage a wide range of points of view and celebrate our diverse backgrounds. Our unique combination of perspectives inspires innovation, connects us to our customers and positively affects our communities. It is only by working together and learning from each other that we make Progress. Join us!
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Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) empowers organizations to achieve transformational success in the face of disruptive change. Our software enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible AI-powered applications and experiences with agility and ease. Customers get a trusted provider in
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