Job Title: Teradata DBA Location: Atlanta, GA Duration: 6+ Months contract
Required Skills: Primary Duties and Responsibilities * Understand and apply advanced database administration, management and performance tuning techniques * Provide advanced technical troubleshooting for applications and database systems with emphasis on root cause analysis * Write and maintain documentation describing changes and modifications to all systems and databases * Perform exports, backups and data extracts as required * Research solutions to various business and technical problems, evaluate alternatives and be able to present recommendations and justifications to management * Conversion of Logical data model to physical data model Position Requirements Functional/Technical Skills * High degree of skill with database commands and *Teradata* utilities such as Manager, Administrator, SQL Assistant, TSET, Visual Explain, arcmain, TASM, etc. * Advanced knowledge of database administration tasks such as Database Console utilities, security, work-load management. * Previous experience with issues around database, client tool, and hardware upgrades. * Ability to write, debug and tune sql, macros, procedures, implementation of multi-value compression, etc. * Experience with database monitoring and tuning tools such as *Teradata* Manager and PMON * Solid experience with the unix operating system and command set as well as competence with shell scripting Experience * Three to seven years as a database administrator working with *Teradata* * Experience in a large, 24x7 environment * Experience with multi-terabyte, multi-application databases - In depth experience in deriving optimized physical data models from the logical data model provided - In depth experience in security administration using roles and profiles mechanism Years of experience: Soft Skills Needed Good Communication Skills, ability to work unattended, self starter Project Description/Daily Assignment Detailed Description of Daily Assignment: Assignment will involve the building of physical data structures, performance and tunning, workload management, data replication (via Data Mover), instrumentation of monitoring/alerting, interfacing with development on SQL tuning for Client's Enterprise Data Warehouse, and engaging with both internal and external teams as this large system is built. Thanks & Regards, *D I L I P* Recruiter DW Practice*|*www.dwpractice.com *“A Certified MBE“* 1853 Peeler Rd, Suite C, Atlanta, GA-30338-5714, USA. (: 404.826.5144*|*dili...@dwpractice.com** Yahoo IM: Recruiter_133
