Senior Database Administrator

We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with us. Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions. Applicants must be authorized to work for Louisiana Blue in the United States without employer-sponsored immigration support. Louisiana Blue will not provide current or future employment-based immigration sponsorship or other immigration support for this opportunity, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, E-3, TN, or J-1 sponsorship or F-1 OPT/STEM OPT/CPT support. Applicants who would require such sponsorship or employer support during their employment should not pursue this opportunity. POSITION PURPOSE Plans, designs, installs, monitors, and maintains the integrity, security, availability, recoverability, reliability and performance of primary and auxiliary technical database management system (DBMS) architecture for corporate computerized systems. Provides extended-level technical support and timely assistance to clients of computerized database management systems. Provides tactical planning and recommendations for computerized database management systems and products. Leads groups, provides coaching to other staff, and serves as subject matter expert (SME) for database management system design and changes of various levels of complexity, including those that are somewhat complex. Achieves successful results for the client and performs logical problem solving with some supervision / direction/ coaching. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities. NATURE AND SCOPE This role does not manage people This job reports to: Departmental Leadership Necessary Contacts: To do this job effectively the incumbent has to be in contact with all levels of BCBSLA personnel and outside vendors. QUALIFICATIONS Education Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent required Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree. Work Experience 4 years of work experience and extensive professional technical database administration (DBA) background in one (1) or more of the following database management systems (DBMS) platforms as specified: required Oracle (Unix & Windows) MS SQL Server (Unix & Windows) MongoDB Document DB Azure SQL AWS Aurora PostgreSQL MySQL Teradata Azure data lake and data bricks experience required Skills and Abilities Thorough knowledge of information technology practices and techniques for somewhat complex system design / implementation/ maintenance of corporate database management system architectures. Overall understanding of the application development life cycle (ADLC) and hardware / software infrastructure technology in such areas as systems programming, communications, server support, operating systems, and languages. Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve logical problems such as may be found in mathematics, statistics, etc. Must have experience in a minimum of two (2) of the following technical competencies: Active Directory (AD), Office365, Microsoft Azure, Workflow Automation, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Containers as a Service (CaaS), AWS, Direct Connect, Express Route, Networking, scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, PowerShell, Perl, Ruby, and Python), dimensional modeling, massively parallel processing (MPP) databases. DBA experience across more than one platform above is preferred. Has demonstrated thorough understanding and quality of systems installation and maintenance. Has demonstrated communication and relationship management skills to exchange information and resolve problems with customers/clients. Has made use of improved systems/analysis technology. Networking knowledge. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working in a cross-functional environment. Must have demonstrated experience defining and resolving product or project problems and issues along with analyzing business requirements and evaluating alternatives. Thorough understanding and extended-level technical database administration (DBA) skills for insuring the integrity, security, availability, recoverability, reliability and performance of one or more database management system (DBMS) specified in the ‘Experience’ section above is required. DBA skills across more than one platform are preferred. Ability to initiate and achieve successful results and perform logical problem solving independently and with some direction or coaching. Ability to plan, develop and lead teams/projects in the thorough and accurate design of somewhat complex systems and changes as needed. Ability to communicate clearly through the written and spoken word, including documenting comprehensive and concise project requirements for somewhat complex systems. Ability to provide extended-level coaching and technical direction to other staff and serve as subject matter expert (SME) in area of specialty. Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently and change focus as demands change, while maintaining organization, following standard procedures and delivering results in accordance with requirements. Effective internal customer service/consulting skills and techniques. Ability to readily learn new skills demonstrated by timeliness and quality of completing projects related to activities outside their area of specialty. Licenses and Certifications Certification in above DBMS platforms preferred. ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Technical Approach: Plans, researches, designs, analyzes, estimates, determines options, recommends, installs, tests, schedules, implements, administers, documents, monitors, tunes performance and maintains primary and auxiliary technical database management system (DBMS) architecture as related to assigned a