Lead Database Administrator Job Job in Not Specified, Indiana US
Lead Database Administrator Job
Responsible for developing and managing the development and/or delivery of one or multiple business initiatives, projects, or programs with a discipline in leading the overall data architecture that supports the information needs of the Business in a flexible but secured environment while preserving the integrity, and availability of systems and processes across the enterprise. Responsible for the technical direction of data/information relating to applications within a portfolio. Plays an integral role in building and enhancing the data infrastructure required to support the Business portfolio. Provides consultation to internal Business partners, customers and vendors in assessing data management needs. Responsible for creating data structures and database management capabilities to enable the development of application solutions, including Business intelligence and data warehousing databases. Delivers, maintains and optimizes the performance of a database system for AET. Responsible for maintaining the overall integrity of data used in, updated in and published by, one or more applications. American Express is an equal opportunity employer. * Bachelor?s degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, or applicable Engineering discipline (e.g. Electrical Engineering) * Experience leading a DBA team. * Industry certification in database administration * Experience as a database administrator developing and supporting large OLTP and/or OLAP enterprise systems * Proven enterprise database administration experience in IMS, DB2 z/OS. * Overview of SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 UDB databases. * Demonstrated experience with project life cycle methodologies, DBA roles within this and other development project roles e.g. Business Analyst DA within the methodology * Proficient in design and development of relational hierarchical databases, including ability to design for performance, scalability, availability, flexibility extensibility, meeting security requirements. * Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills. * Working knowledge of database engineering activities, including installation and configuration of DBMS software. * Strong troubleshooting IMS database related problems * Ability to accommodate changes to existing IMS databases * Ability to convert the existing IMS databases to HALDB databases as part of AET initiatives * Knowledge of best practices for efficient database access. * Knowledge of American Express technology best practices, processes and standards. * Excellent written and verbal skills.