Database Administrator

Company Description

Merkle, a dentsu company, is a leading data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The company’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive hyper-personalized marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in consulting, creative, media, analytics, data, identity, CX/commerce, technology, and loyalty & promotions drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With more than 14,000 employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, contact Merkle at
1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkle.com.

Job Description

Experience : 5yrs

Position Responsibilities:

• Administration, Installation, Configuration, Support, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of multiple data management platforms like MS SQL Server,  RedShift, Azure SQL/Synapse, Big Query, MySQL, Snowflake etc.
• May be involved with the following: troubleshooting, recovery, tuning of the database, software installation and upgrades, resolving errors and failures, auditing activities, and resource utilization
• Schedule, plan, and document installation and testing
• Develop standards and guidelines
• Modify existing databases and database implementations or direct programmers and analysts to make changes
• Plan, coordinate and implement database security measures to safeguard information.
• Communicate with internal users and answer questions, documentation.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Position Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience on a commercial or open source RDMS including but not limited to Database Administration, development, and/or maintenance with the desire and motivation to expand upon current skill set
• Familiarity with Cloud, MPP and Data Warehousing concepts is preferred
• Experience with any of these: Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, Redshift etc.  
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Motivation to receive internal training and mentoring in different Data Management Technologies

Additional Information

Position Summary:

This position will be part of Merkle DBA team. This team is responsible for guiding the full lifecycle of a Relational and/or NO-SQL based solutions, including infrastructure analysis, platform and infrastructure selection, technical architecture design, application design and development, testing, and deployment.

Team also serves as a point of escalation for support services on multiple data platforms. Team acts as an authoritative source for data technologies providing information on problem resolution and configuration best practices.