Database Administrator

Every year, nearly 200 million travelers trust our client to get them where they're going. Take your career to new heights by working for this longstanding leader in air travel that services more worldwide destinations than any other airline.

We are looking for a Database Administrator to join our team for a 12 month contract in Atlanta, GA (hybrid).

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical or scientific field, with five plus years applicable experience in IT or three plus years of in-depth experience in the design, implementation, administration, and support of a database.
• 5+ years of experience
• Experience with operating systems software, networking tools, application development, multidimensional tools, knowledge of relational databases, logical modeling, and data warehouse.
• Previous airline experience is ideal.

What You Will Be Doing

• Designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise standard databases based on business area requirements
• Identify, define, and implement database backup/recovery and security strategies.
• Translate a logical data model or user specifications into a physical design.
• Ensure the detailed physical design of data structures and database complies with enterprise standards, guidelines, policies, procedures, and processes.
• Create physical database structures based on physical design for development, test, and production environments.
• Coordinate with system engineers to configure servers for DBMS product installation and database creation.
• Install, configure, and maintain DBMS product software on database and application servers.
• Provide consultation to application development teams on DBMS product technical issues and techniques.
• Provide on-call support for databases 7 X 24.
• Responsible for database performance tuning, security, and database backup/recovery strategy.
• Implement monitoring procedures to maximize availability and performance of the database, while meeting defined targets.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve database problems.
• Coordinate downtime with the application development teams and system engineers to implement approved changes.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.