Database Administrator (6months)

Company Description

For More Open Positions Visit us at:

http://recruiting.woongjininc.com/

Our Mission

WOONGJIN, Inc. is a rapidly growing team who provides a range of unique, exceptional, and enhanced services to our clients. We have a strong moral code that includes the service of goodness without expectations of reward. We are motivated by the sense of responsibility and servant leadership.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Sick hours

Job Description

• Database Administration & Operations
• Architect, deploy, and maintain mission-critical SQL Server and Oracle databases
• Lead PostgreSQL administration efforts: installation, patching, replication, and performance tuning
• Implement and manage high-availability (RAC, Data Guard, ASM, Always On) and disaster recovery solutions
• o Disaster recovery planning and execution (DR drills, RTO/RPO analysis)
• Performance & Capacity Management
• Monitor and optimize query performance; conduct regular health checks and capacity planning
• Develop proactive alerting and self-healing mechanisms using monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Oracle Enterprise Manager, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor)
• Cloud Infrastructure & Automation
• Design and operate database deployments in AWS or Azure (RDS/Aurora, EC2, EKS/AKS)
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates) for repeatable, compliant provisioning
• Scripting & Tooling
• Automate routine tasks and deployments using Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Integrate database workflows into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Security & Compliance
• Enforce database security best practices: access controls, encryption (TDE), auditing, and vulnerability scanning
• Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to meet SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA requirements
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Mentor junior DBAs and establish operational standards and runbooks
• Communicate database health, project status, and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Partner with cross-functional teams on schema design, data migration, and performance tuning initiatives

Salary: 85,000 -90,000 /yr.

Contract Period: 6 months

Qualifications

Required Qualifications (Must Have)

1. Experience: 6+ years managing enterprise-scale database environments

2. Core Technologies:

• SQL & Oracle: Expert-level administration, backup/restore, replication, RAC, Data Guard
• Linux Administration: RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, filesystem tuning, kernel parameters

3. Highly Available Systems: Proven track record with high-performance, 24×7 database clusters

4. Scripting: Proficiency in Bash and one higher-level language (Python, Perl, or PowerShell)

5. Communication: Exceptional verbal and written skills; comfortable presenting to executives

6. Team Leadership: Experience mentoring DBAs and driving process improvements

Preferred Qualifications (Good to have)

• PostgreSQL: Hands-on administration (logical/physical replication, partitioning, extensions)
• Public Cloud: Operational experience with AWS RDS/Aurora or Azure SQL/VM deployments
• Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager
• CI/CD & DevOps: Database change management with Flyway, Liquibase, or similar tools
• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Cloud-native monitoring

Additional Desirable Skills

• Performance schema and in-depth query optimization (e.g., Oracle AWR, SQL Server DMVs)
• Experience with NoSQL or NewSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, CockroachDB)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for database workloads
• Data modeling and ETL processes (SSIS, AWS Glue, Apache Airflow)

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.