About FlightSafety International FlightSafety International is the world's premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. Purpose of Position The Lead Database Administrator (Lead DBA) is responsible for supervising and managing the daily activities of the Database Administration team. This includes ensuring the deployment, configuration, patching, and upgrades to database servers and client installs in a mixed technology environment to deliver data products providing business decision support focusing on Oracle and MS-SQL server production support. Tasks and Responsibilities Supervise the daily activities and workflow of the database administration team, managing performance and providing feedback when needed Ensures that database servers and client installs are appropriately deployed, configured, upgraded, and supported in a 24x7 production environment. Troubleshoot and fix problems and provide root cause analysis that the database administration team has escalated in a timely manner Perform preventive maintenance and system copies Automate system maintenance tasks Develop, manage, test, and execute (as needed) backup and recovery plans Ensure storage and archiving processes are functioning correctly Ensure database documentation, including data standards, procedures, and data dictionary, are in place and regularly updated Develop capacity plans and ensure their execution Manage security and disaster recovery aspects of a database Evaluate SQL Server performance and take appropriate steps for performance improvement Provide 24x7 on-call support, after-hours, and weekend work as needed Relational database design and development Design OLTP and OLAP environments, and monitor, detect, and tune performance Escalate any issues to senior technology leadership Accountable and responsible for the accuracy and completeness of assigned work and results Prioritize and manage workload and communicate issues clearly Complete other tasks as required Travel when required Minimum Education Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience Minimum Experience 8+ years of experience in relational database design, development, and implementation in an MS-SQL or Oracle environment Experience leading/supervising database administration teams In-depth experience in the use of programming languages (i.e., C#.NET, Flash, HTML5, Transact SQL, and later versions including stored procedures) Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Experience administering production level high performance, high transaction volume, and highly available OLTP databases Ability to create and maintain database documentation and diagrams Proven experience in database performance monitoring and tuning operations Experience implementing database security protocols Knowledge of current DBMS products as well as knowledge of related technologies, applications, and processes Knowledge of relational database internals, objects, and processes, as well as best practice principles regarding availability, performance, and security Experience working with high availability tools, particularly Availability Groups Experience writing shell scripts to automate Database activities Demonstrated skill using database backup and recovery models, utilities, and best practices Experience with Agile development methodology Excellent analytical skil