Senior Lead Database Administrator

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

As a Senior Lead Database Administrator, you will be responsible for all aspects of administration, security, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and data replication in our Oracle database environments, while providing strategic guidance and advanced troubleshooting for complex application/database challenges. You will be a part of a hybrid DBA support model (onshore/offshore) working closely with cross‑functional teams, including developers, product managers, and operations, to ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of our systems.

• Provide expert technical direction in the creation, delivery and integration of multiple and complex database solutions for a design and/or production environment.
• Consult and collaborate with multiple teams in the following areas:
  Design – design database solutions, convert logical design into physical database, perform problem determination and resolution, and perform database design process and reviews.
• Production – perform database management, resolve database problems, and provide database security.
• Explore and evaluate new and emerging technologies relating to the design and/or production database environment. Develop and drive overall DB solutions and strategies.
• Evaluate and recommend new db tools and emerging technologies.
• Create DB standards and processes.
• Consult and collaborate with Architecture and Infrastructure on IT wide solutions.
• Lead complex outage analysis and resolution.

• Experience in Oracle 19c and 12c including RAC, ASM, OEM, Golden Gate and Data Guard.
• Backup/recovery expertise using RMAN.
• In depth knowledge and experience with DB upgrades, re‑hosting, and patching.
• Experience leading database design reviews, access methods, database performance and SQL tuning, security policies, and pre/post implementation capacity planning.
• 10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education.
• Good design, analytical, and problem‑solving capabilities and the ability to understand end user experience.
• Excellent organization, oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to achieve GSA suitability (government security clearance).
• Oracle Database Administration certification desired but not required. In‑depth knowledge of multiple database technologies, and experience leading integration efforts between technologies.
  
  Experience with Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Postgre
  
  SQL, and/or No
  
  SQL database technologies a plus.

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$129,639 - $172,852 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA  KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY WY

$136,121 - $181,494 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI

$142,603 - $190,137 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short‑term incentives, long‑term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

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