Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator - Lansing, MI Work Type: Hybrid (Onsite Mondays & Tuesdays; Remote Wednesday–Friday) Location Requirement: Candidate must live within 90 miles of Lansing, MI Contract Duration: Ongoing, with potential extension Interview Format: - Round 1 – Virtual MS Teams (video required) - Round 2 – Onsite Max Bill Rate: $55-59p/hr. Position Summary The Senior Database Administrator provides Infrastructure DBA support for complex Oracle databases, ensuring stability, performance, and availability across multiple Tier 2 applications. This role supports Oracle 18c+ environments, contributes to HA/DR strategies, and follows structured standards, policies, and procedures. Responsibilities include installation, patching, performance monitoring, space management, and troubleshooting across development, test, and production environments. Position operates in a 24x7 environment, though on-call is not required. Responsibilities - Evaluate impacts of system changes and new technologies and recommend long-term solutions to recurring issues. - Enforce and contribute to database standards, policies, and procedures. - Monitor and adjust database space allocation in development and test environments. - Estimate disk space requirements for new and existing installations. - Modify DBMS parameters based on capacity and performance requirements. - Configure, run, and monitor database integrity checks. - Install database management software, patches, and service packs in test and development environments. - Implement strategies to reclaim unused space and correct fragmentation. - Execute SQL scripts to create and modify database objects (tables, views, indexes, constraints, etc.). - Monitor database jobs, scheduled tasks, alert logs, trace files, and system notifications across all environments. - Troubleshoot issues related to database functionality, connectivity, and system downtime. - Apply best practices for database space allocation and performance optimization. Required Qualifications - 15+ years of experience in Oracle database administration (Oracle 18c or newer). - 5+ years creating, maintaining, and updating systems documentation. - Experience supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions. - Experience with database replication, backup environments, and clustered database systems. - Experience monitoring production Oracle environments and troubleshooting outages. Preferred Qualifications - Experience working within state government environments #LI-JH1 #INDTS Peoplelink LLC, a leader in the staffing industry for the past 33 years, continues our vision of ‘linking’ communities through employment. TeamSoft’s dedication to the safety, health & well-being of our associates, clients and communities remains our #1 priority. TeamSoft is proud to be an EEOE, M/F/D/V, and we are committed to diversity both in practice and spirit at all levels of the organization.