Cloud Database Administrator

About the position

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) is a Bermuda-based holding company (collectively with its subsidiaries, \"Essent\") which serves the housing finance industry by offering private mortgage insurance, reinsurance, risk management products and title insurance and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors to support homeownership. We are focused on managing risk and dedicated to serving as a strong and fair counterparty. As a company, we bring strong private capital and a commitment to risk management to the mortgage insurance industry. Title: Cloud Database Administrator Location: Fully in-office in Winston Salem, NC This is an individual contributor position that works under general supervision and manages and supports Oracle databases, with a focus on high performance, reliability, integrity and recoverability. This position lends analytical and development expertise to meet business availability and performance requirements. As a dynamic and resourceful professional, we will rely on you to perform the following duties:

Responsibilities

  • Recommend, administer, and maintain policies and procedures for ensuring the security of Oracle, Postgres, and SQL Server user and system security.
  • Install, upgrade and patch Oracle, Postgres, and SQL Server RDBMS in development, test and production environment for LInux and Windows. This includes client software.
  • Create structures, configure, maintain, support and modify both standalone and cloud-based Oracle, Postgres, and SQL Server databases.
  • Plan, allocate and configure database storage systems to support short- and long-term strategic initiatives.
  • Monitor and optimize the performance of the database; configure memory and disk resources to optimize database performance; detect and resolve contention problems within the Oracle database environment; Identify and resolve I/O, data storage and database configuration problems; identify and tune the SQL and PL/SQL statements that are slowing down database processes.
  • Implement and validate database backup and recovery support.
  • Provide design guidelines for database operating systems customizations.
  • Review daily/weekly audit and backup reports.
  • Provide advanced database support for internal developers and any database-related technical issues.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience with cloud computing software.
  • Experience with UNIX and Windows operating systems.
  • Ability to provide technical on-call 24/7 production support on a rotating basis.
  • Knowledge of SQL and UNIX scripting.
  • Ability to write interface / automate scripts using Perl and/or Unix scripting languages.
  • Ability to analyze and make sound decisions when selecting 3rd party tools.
  • Ability to follow prescribed methods and procedures.
  • Ability to work within a team-based environment.
  • Ability to manage time to accomplish tasks.
  • Skill with attention to detail.
  • Skill in analyzing and solving problems quickly and under time constraints.
  • Ability to work effectively with technical staff to resolve problems.
  • Demonstrated customer service orientation and focus.
  • Ability to provide technical direction to junior-level staff.

Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • comprehensive benefits package
  • paid time off
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401(k)
  • disability benefits
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