Database Administrator (DBA)

Position Available at Corporate Headquarters in Orange, California. 

Western Dental Services, Inc.—California’s largest dental services provider and one of the nation’s largest dental HMO’s—is looking for several bright, motivated, professionals with at least 3 years of experience as a database administrator (DBA) to join Western’s team of over 450 professionals and staff at Western’s corporate headquarters in Orange, California.

Large, Stable Information Systems Department; Major Commitment to Technology.   

Successful candidates will enjoy a secure, high-paying, and stimulating environment as part of Western’s dynamic, talented team of over 50 professionals and experts in Western’s Information Systems Department.  Western’s commitment to technology is a key driver of Western’s success and growth plans for the future.

Team Approach; Professional Development; Growth Opportunities. 

The benefits of joining Western include: (1) working in a stable, team-oriented environment of 50 executives and experts in all aspects of technology (applications, networking, data bases, telephony, hardware, etc.); (2) being part of a company that is the industry leader in its field and that has great financial stability; (3) receiving substantial compensation and excellent benefits; (4) working at a company where professional development and excellence are encouraged; and (5) being part of a Department where opportunities for individual growth and career advancement are substantial.

Stimulating, Professional Environment.  Professionals in Western’s Information Systems Department also enjoy working closely with professionals in several of Western’s other Departments, including operations management, quality management, accounting, billing, administration, etc.  The many MBA’s, CPA’s, DDS’s, JD’s., statisticians, and other professionals and staff at Western’s corporate headquarters make up the team that is committed to a stable, stimulating environment where everyone is committed to making Western the best dental services company in the United States.  

The Career Opportunity

The candidates selected for these important positions will enjoy rewarding, challenging, and good paying careers with room for growth in the future.  And, just as important, the winning candidates will benefit from a unique opportunity to learn from and work with an amazing team of talented and enthusiastic experts in corporate and dental operations and management who together comprise the Western Dental management team.  The professional development and growth opportunities from the positions are fantastic.

Position Responsibilities

Each position offered is full time, and will require (a) training and development to learn Western’s existing systems and applications, (b) strong organizational and team-work skills, (c) designing, maintaining, and supporting required application database system(s), including problem resolution, database configuration, capacity planning, performance tuning, backup and recovery; (d) collaboration with experienced professionals in Western’s Information Systems and other corporate departments, (e) good communication skills, (f) versatility in working with analytical and financial data, and creative information systems tools and reports, (g) good judgment and a strong grasp of people so as to work well with team members and members of all other Western Departments; and (h) lots of enthusiasm for seeing Western’s business improve constantly.

Technical responsibilities include:

- Supporting development, test and production SQL Server, Oracle and DB2 databases;

- Analyzing database requirements for Batch, OLTP and reporting and analysis applications

- Reviewing and approving application based scripts, utilities, stored procedures, functions, and triggers;

- Providing general database expertise to application projects;

- Assuring database integrity of production databases;

- Assuring security of database environment;

- Providing on-call support for database problems and off hour’s maintenance;

- Providing query performance monitoring and tuning recommendations;

- Installing and maintaining all DBMS, SQLServer, Oracle and DB2 databases;

- Performance database data loading and backups and recovery.

- Knowledge and experience with SOX Compliance

- Database performance tuning on SAN.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation will be based on qualifications and experience. 

Benefits will include the following:

     (i)    Career advancement opportunities

     (ii) Health Insurance coverage

     (iii)   Life Insurance coverage

     (iv)   Dental plan coverage

     (v)   401(K) Plan eligibility

     (vi)   Paid vacation

     (vii)  Paid sick days

Credentials Required

Experience

(At Least 3 Years Experience of Database Administration is Mandatory)

The candidate must have at least 3 years of database administration aggregate experience using Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008; 

• Experience working isupporting databases on Windows servers;
• Experience in managing multiple databases;
• Solid understanding of the principles and techniques used in all phases of database design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance; 
• Advanced knowledge of database concepts, performance tuning, proactive monitoring and problem solving; 
• Experience with high availability, standby, backup and recovery, large database management, partitioning, replication and cloning; 
• Experience with database management, monitoring and tuning tools; and 
• Experience with Stored Procedures, Triggers, DTS and other DBA scripts.
• Knowledge and experience with SOX Compliance 
• Database performance tuning on SAN.

The following additional experience would be considered a big plus: IBM DB2, Oracle, and J D Edwards CNC experience; and application knowledge with Visual C++ and Web development.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related engineering discipline or equivalent experience. Work experience can not be used to subsitute the required education.

keywords: DBA, Database Administration, SQL Server