OPIS Senior Database Administrator at Dow Jones & Company

Job Description:About Our Organization:Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats including print digital mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barrons MarketWatch Mansion Global Financial News Investors Business Daily Factiva Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Dow Jones Newswires OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS NWSA; ASX: NWS NWSLV).About the Team:Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology Engineering Data Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions we shape the digital landscape for our customers readers and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data mobile video and social platforms our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.About the Role:OPIS a Dow Jones company provides price transparency across the global fuel supply chain including the Spot Wholesale Rack and Retail markets. The OPIS Cloud Operations team supports the OPIS business by ensuring the overall operational performance security and reliability of OPIS cloud environments. The team works closely with the OPIS Product development teams with a focus on high availability and continuous operation resource allocation and monitoring compliance and financial management. It provides guidance defines guardrails and ensures compliance with corporate and business unit as well as industry best practices and standards. The team is responsible for the configuration and management of the operational infrastructure of the OPIS cloud environments including the OPIS database systems for OPIS applications. This role is a part of the OPIS Cloud Operations team working with OPIS Product teams software engineers and database developers. As a Senior Database AdministratorYou Will:Oversee and manage OPIS database systems (MS SQL and IBM DB2) and their infrastructure to ensure optimal performance availability and security.Manage database and database objects design configuration and testing activities to ensure the performance of the databases in support of OPIS applications from development to production.Monitor system health database availability and performance diagnose and resolve technical issues resolve database performance and capacity issues replication and other distributed data issues and implement proactive measures to prevent disruptions.Plan and execute database system housekeeping such as tuning indexing etc. and upgrades data migration and security patches.Design database backup archiving and storage strategy. As well as develop and implement OPIS database systems disaster recovery plans and procedures.Collaborate with OPIS product teams to leverage our database systems in order to design optimal solutions and support the development and deployment of new systems and products.Provide advanced database technical support and offer timely and effective solutions to complex challenges.Create and maintain database standards and policies and comprehensive documentation for database system configurations processes and procedures using Atlassian Confluence and Azure DevOps.You Have:BS in Computer Science Information Technology Information Systems or related field preferred with 4 years of relevant experience or 7 years of relevant experienceProven expertise in administering Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2 databases as well as highly available database technologies (Microsoft Replication Log Shipping Mirroring Failover Clustering IBM DB2 HADR)Proven experience administering Linux and Windows Server operating systems and AWS cloud servicesStrong understanding of cloud database technologies cloud computing concepts and networking protocolsDatabase Certifications (SQL Server DB2) preferredProgramming and Automation Experience (SQL Scripting PowerShell Python etc.)Our BenefitsComprehensive Healthcare PlansPaid Time OffRetirement PlansComprehensive Insurance PlansLifestyle programs & Wellness ResourcesEducation BenefitsFamily Care Benefits & Caregiving SupportCommuter Transit ProgramSubscription DiscountsEmployee Referral ProgramLearn more about all our US benefitsReasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:Dow Jones - TechnologyJob Category:Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business IntelligenceUnion Status:Non-Union rolePay Range: 120000 - 150000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills Databases,SQL,High Availability,PL/SQL,Solaris,Microsoft SQL Server,Database Design,Performance Tuning,MySQL,Shell Scripting,Database Administration,Oracle Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1