NTS Technology Services Private Limited
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Lead Informix Database Administrator (8-15 yrs) Bangalore (DevOps)
Location:
Bangalore
Description:
Overview of Role:The successful candidate will be a production database-administration competency in our News Corp India Infrastructure team and will take ownership of supporting the Dow Jones/News UK / News Corp Australia/ Realtor corporate databases including performance, reliability and security of data in a core database competency.- The Informix Database Administrator will be primarily experienced in Informix RDBMS with knowledge of Cloud technologies.- Additionally, they'll be involved in administration of databases and their eco-systems; will support release, incident, problem, business continuity management practices; will patch, upgrade and comply with audit controls; will continuously improve database service quality to ensure stability and high availability.- You are experienced in implementing; securing, supporting and upgrading enterprise infrastructure, ensuring the infrastructure, which runs corporate applications, are correctly monitored and highly available as required.- Preferable candidates will need to possess basic working knowledge of Cloud technologies - AWS EC2 and RDS.- Knowledge of second database technology like MySQL or PostgreSQL preferred.- Candidates are expected to work in a rotating 24 x 5 model and also provide on-call support as required by business.Service Design:- To ensure availability and security of the database infrastructure.- To manage the governance process for technical policy, standards and guidelines.- To drive best practice designs that promote stability and operational efficiency.Service Technologies:- The core responsibilities include management of the Informix database as well as the maintenance, optimization and database recovery if required.- Informix 12.6 and 12.10 experience.- Experience in troubleshooting, performing upgrades, debugging and tracing Use sessions.- Installation of the Informix server version 12.- Informix TimeSeries Object/Relational data management.- Informix Replication using HDR, Disaster Recovery knowledge.- Informix Backup and recovery experience.- Experience upgrading and patching Informix.- Shell scripting (ksh,bash,etc).- Informix data compression.- Responsible for database backup and restoration of databases.- Database related patch loading.- Logical log file and dbspace maintenance.- Database health check up.- Executing the process of Re-indexing, re-organizing, update stats as per schedule.- Monitoring database activities and performance. - Space Management.- Data movement from production to test server.Responsibilities:- Provide 24-7 support for production, development, and test databases.- Be responsible for standard database administration duties: including, but not limited to, installation, patching and change migration, monitoring, backup and recovery.- Build, upgrade, migrate and maintain databases.- Support patching and upgrades of Servers, databases and appliances. - Support disaster recovery events.- Support Incident and Problem management.- Experienced with Informix failover and switchover concepts..- Partitioning and advanced compression skills.- Expertise in performance tuning of SQL statements.- Provides Informix database administration support for all lines of business applications and infrastructure applications.- Provide technical support and coordination for core infrastructure components including server, network, storage, software and middleware.- Communicate effectively with DBA team members, developers and management.Operations:- Responsible for maintaining services to agreed Service Levels through effective management and communication to all parties.- Responsible for alerting the Leadership team, Service managers and Business of any issues that impact production or result in reduced resilience during a production period.- Is involved in the maintenance and regular testing of tier 0 disaster recovery plans- Ensuring that system failures are contained and resolved with minimum business impact and that steps are taken to manage failures in IT delivery.- To join the Incident Management team during major incidents - To ensure timely weekly preparation of brief management reports- Oversee changes to ensure minimal disruption and compliance with change processes- Provide timely participation in follow in problem focus groups- Involved in updates for operational procedures and associated support documentation.- To at all times follow and encourage ITIL best practice.Key Competencies:Managing Continuity Producing Results:- Upholds and ensures compliance to departmental policies and procedure- Escalates issues in a timely fashion- Utilises expert resources in an effective way- Response to incident / join bridges- Owns problem resolution, including managing SIP projects through 3rd parties - Ensures very high ownership end to end- Demonstrates resourcefulness and tenacity - Sets high standards for self,and 3rd parties- Current tier 0 recovery plans maintainedRelating to People Leading Change:- Effectively manages and works with a variety of teams, structures and reporting lines- Manages conflict constructively- Develops good relationships with departmental peers and business stakeholders- Encourages and facilitates open communication - Challenges current procedure looking for efficiencies- Identifies areas for improvement providing business case justification- Identifies stakeholders and the issues that impact them- Ensuring change is implemented in a seamless manner with minimal disruptionSkills:Key Performance Measures:- Educated to degree level, or equivalent work experience with vendor management experience- Very high ownership- Detail oriented- Demonstrates commitment to quality- Agile in a fast moving environment- Strong communication skills- Incident management- Problem management- ITIL qualified - Service levels and Customer satisfaction levels- Effective utilization of time- Objectives and Goals achieved- Steady progress in resolving outstanding issues- Must be willing to work 24 x 5 rotational shifts.- Must be prepared to work flexible hours to cover the change windowCareer Path: Typical Previous Role or Background Anecdotal Descriptors- 8+ years experience of production Database Administration showing a core competency in a specific RDBMS namely Informix. - Energy and Enthusiasm- Passionate about service delivery excellence- Leadership - Positivity and Drive- Desire to "make things work" (ref:hirist.tech)
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