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Perm position open at T-Mobile in Bothell Washington. Please contact Missy Roedersheimer at missy.roedersheimer@t-mobile.com if you are interested or know of anyone who is. Thanks.
Job Description
Database Administration 4, Teradata
T-Mobile USA is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging, and data services capable of reaching over 268 million Americans where they live, work, and play. In a world full of busy and fragmented lives, we at T-Mobile USA, Inc. have the idea that wireless communications can help. The value of our plans, the breadth of our coverage, the reliability of our network, and the quality of our service are meant to do one thing; help you stick together with the people who make your life come alive. That’s why we’re here.
A. Position Purpose
Senior level database administration position involving management of multiple Teradata databases in a highly dynamic environment. Provide advanced technical expertise to a team in support of operational and project activities related to T-Mobile’s business systems. Provide advanced technical and operational support to other departments and teams in support of T-Mobile’s business objectives.
B. Position Duties and Responsibilities
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Understand and apply advanced database administration, management and performance tuning techniques
Provide technical advice and expertise to less senior staff members
Provide 24x7 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation with other team members
Provide advanced technical troubleshooting for applications and database systems with emphasis on root cause analysis
Participate in design and application review sessions, assist with definition of computing standards and recommend policies related to those standards
Configure and tune hardware and software to insure optimum performance and resource utilization.
Provide technical advice on industry best practices for Business Intelligence systems, tactical queries, advanced analytics, and data mining.
Provide creative solutions to challenges that come up, such as capacity, physical design, or workload balancing issues.
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
Write and maintain documentation describing changes and modifications to all systems and databases
Participate in meetings and conference calls related to project and troubleshooting activities
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
Provide mentoring to fellow database administrators, systems programmers and others
Act as technical liaison in support for database related project activities
Develop strong working knowledge of key applications and their interaction with the database(s)
C. Position Requirements
Functional/Technical Skills
Previous experience in a Teradata or similar MPP environment
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 Dabtabase Console utilities, security, workload management.
Previous experience with issues around database, client tool, and hardware upgrades.
Ability to write, debug and tune sql, macros, procedures, functions, triggers, 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
Solid experience with very large, multi-workload data wharehouses.
Familiarity of the capabilities of the Teradata API.
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
Experience with telephony billing systems and related applications a big plus
Experience with Teradata system administration (MP-RAS or LINUX) a big plus
Experience with 3rd-party add-ons such as SAS or Tibco adapters a plus
T-Mobile is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce.
T-Mobile USA offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, as well as matching 401(k), generous paid time off programs, mobile phone and service discounts, tuition reimbursement, free parking – not to mention a fun and business casual work environment.
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