Ameriquest - Sr SQL DBA

Some people were born to make a difference in the world—
to improve lives and transform industries.
Are you one of those people...
then we need you.

We're Ameriquest Mortgage Company. If you watch the Super Bowl or NASCAR, read business journals or volunteer with children's organizations, you've probably heard of us. Everyone has an opinion, and we think it's important to do your homework about any prospective employer. That's why we invite you to consider a critical dimension to the Ameriquest story you can only hear from the inside...

Ameriquest (founded in 1980 as Long Beach Savings and Loan), saw that mortgage consumers were being overlooked and American families were losing their homes in foreclosures. So we innovated a more flexible business model for them and developed loan options based on each situation.

And now were even more innovative. We reinvented our business model for the new millennium, broadened our products so we can offer more mortgage options to more people.

Transforming our industry has helped us transform lives! The real reason why we exist in the first place can be summed up in two words—our customers. They're the everyday people we talk to every day. And for us, lending a hand to folks reaching for their American Dream is... well, all in a day's work.

So for ethical, talented people like you, there's a career in the making.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Define, create and maintain enterprise databases in a client/server environment. Analyze, test, and implement physical database design supporting various business applications; including base definition, structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines. Ensure data recovery, maintenance, data integrity, and space requirements for physical database are met through formulations and monitoring of policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management.
Perform all duties in accordance with AMC policies and procedures and all state and federal regulations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Development projects:

Interact with analysts and developers, understand system requirements from conceptual models, analyze transactions and data volumes, and design & develop complex databases and applications

Participation in large-scale development initiatives; product selection and implementation; research and recommend optimal design criteria

Lead/review: Entity relationship diagrams, data flow diagrams, database normalization schemas, logical to physical database mapping, data table parameters, etc.

Review the physical model created from the logical model, ensuring data structures and databases comply with standards, guidelines, and procedures recommended for all aspects of data modeling, database design, and maintenance

Monitor file system space, database allocation, and data integrity; verify efficient use of disk storage; reclaim dead space; optimize space allocation and avoid out-of-space conditions

Participate in the evaluation and recommendation of DBA tools and new DBMS technologies

May provide direction to less experienced staff; may lead projects with matrix staff.

Assist in the definition and development of database documentation and standards

Serve as business liaison to database vendors

Knowledge of SQL Server versions 7 and 2000; Windows 2000 and 2003, MySQL knowledge is helpful but not required and the ability to learn Third Party applications.

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help provide systems support, as needed.

Performs other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & LICENSES:
Technical:

Comprehensive knowledge of client server applications with relational databases; ability to see the big picture and conceptualize and document creative solutions

Experience in the design of data extract, migration, and queuing facilities

Proficiency in the concepts and practice of database normalization techniques

Strong working knowledge of state-of-the-art database concepts/design/deployment, recovery techniques, performance monitoring and tuning, Structured Query Language, relational database design techniques, and JCL

Proficiency in several RDBMS-specific middleware tools and utilities to support such activities as monitoring, database migration, DDL (data description language) management, and replication

Experience with cross-platform networking in a TCP/IP environment

Ability to monitor and tune the database

Thorough knowledge of Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft Windows Cluster Server.

Working knowledge of Storage Area Networks and Systems for the purpose of Data Replication

Business:

Strong customer focus and management of client expectations; ability to establish and maintain a high level of user trust

Ability to present and explain technical information to diverse types of audiences in a way that establishes rapport and gains understanding

Ability to write clear proposals and technical documents

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent education/professional experience

At least 5 years of in-depth experience in the design, administration, programming, and support of RDBMSs/MDDBMSs (e.g., Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2) in one or more client server environments (e.g., Unix, OS/390, NT, OS/2, intranet, Web)

3 years of experience as a DBA in client server database systems

MACHINES, OFFICE EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE:

Personal computer, Windows OS, Microsoft Office Suite, Lotus Notes, and other applicable software

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