Database Administrator 3 - Austin, United States - Abacus

Description

Solicitation Reference Number
R

Customer Name
Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Category
Data/Database Administration

Customer Entity Name
Health and Human Services Commission

Title
Database Administrator

Level
Database Administrator 3

Estimated Hours
935

Number of Positions
1

# of Resumes Allowed
1

Full/Part Time
Full Time


IT STAFFING SERVICES SOLICITATION UNDER

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
IT STAFF AUGMENTATION CONTRACT (ITSAC)
RFO DIR-CPO-TMP-445

Solicitation Reference Number:

R

Working Title:
Database Administrator 3 Title/Level: Database Administrator 3 Category: Data/Database Administration Full Time


I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of
1 Database Administrator 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications of
Database Administrator 3, Data/Database Administration and the specifications outlined in this document for the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire " and are the property of the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).

Enters codes to create production data base.

Selects and enters codes of utility program to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory.

Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to data base management system. Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions.

Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base.

Modifies data base programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning. Workers typically specialize in one or more types of data base management systems.

Providing assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment.

Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance.

Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed. Performs data modeling and prototyping. Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models. Performs security recovery procedures. Determines and implements database search strategies and storage requirements. Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary. Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements. Creates test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures. Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures. Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems. Assists with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases. Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security. Assists in the selection of database management software. Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work.

Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies.

Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies. Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data(via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards. Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIR Accessibility issues arise.


II.

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the
minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years Required/Preferred Experience 8 Required Experience Implementing, administering, managing, and monitoring the assigned application databases in production & non-production environments.

Ensure that data integrity and data security is maintained.

8 Preferred Experience working on or leading large, complex initiatives to design and implement performance tuning improvements and advise developers on tuning options.

Experience using Explain Plan and determine best fit plan for performance improvement 8 Preferred Experience supporting cross functional development teams to identify data as well as the relationships and constraints on the data to help optimize application/query performance.

8 Preferred In-depth knowledge of Oracle internal views, built-in functions and architecture to support data analysis and data query and familiar with Tablespace consolidation, DBMS reorg, partition analysis and index analysis.

8 Preferred Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex issues both in development and production databases using Oracle 11/19c databases and work with cross functional teams.

8 Preferred Hands on experience monitoring/troubleshooting and fine tuning SQL and PL/SQL on Oracle databases version on Solaris/Linux systems 8 Preferred Experience using Oracle native tool such as Oracle SQL Developer 5 Preferred Hands on experience using Erwin Modeling tool to create from scratch data models using data modeling techniques including star schema.

5 Preferred Experience developing tools using SQL, PL/SQL and linux shell scripts to provide LDBA support for large numbers of test & development database environments and apply best practice to create DDL, DML SQL and shell scripts.

5 Preferred Hands-on experience with large development projects using Agile methodology

III. TERMS OF SERVICE

Services are expected to start
07/10/2023 and are expected to complete by
08/31/2023. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed
935 hours. This service may be amended, renewed, and/or extended providing both parties agree to do so in writing.

IV. WORK HOURS AND LOCATION

Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, excluding State holidays when the agency is closed.

The primary work location(s) will be at
1609 Centre Creek Dr, Ste 100 Austin, TX 78754. Any and all travel, per diem, parking, and/or living expenses shall be at the Candidate's and/or Vendor's expense.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission will provide pre-approved, written authorization for travel for any services to be performed away from the primary work location(s).

Pre-approved travel expenses are limited to the rates and comply with the rules prescribed by the State of Texas for travel by its classified employees, including any requirement for original receipts.

The Candidate(s) may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends, evenings and holidays, as requested.

Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through
Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

V. OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Remote work from home
Any location within the United States

Interviews will be conducted through Microsoft teams.

HHSC Social Services Applications division is looking for a contracting position for Senior Logical Database Administrator / Database Developer who has a proven track record in developing and maintaining high-performance enterprise software solutions using Agile methodologies.

The LDBA works with cross functional teams under minimal direction with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

This position demands a strong background in Oracle database technologies and is central to ensuring that the TIERS applications portfolio remains available and in service for HHSC Staff and the citizens of the State of Texas.

The candidate must be available 24/7 as needed to ensure complete support for Logical database Administration and will be able to perform the below responsibilities:

Design, develop, maintain, and improve database solutions and the databases underlying the TIERS applications portfolio.

• Work closely with the application development teams, business stakeholders and other partners to enhance the TIERS applications portfolio and to implement new solutions.
• Building databases and applications using web platform technologies including: Java/J2EE, SOAP/REST web services, Spring, JPA, jQuery, AngularJS, IBM WebSphere, Oracle, PostGreSQL and more.
• Perform advanced logical database administration / database development, performance monitoring & tuning and providing database related support to the application development teams, testing, and defect repair among other responsibilities.
• Utilize Agile development practices to participate in backlog grooming & user story development
• Design, develop, build & test databases to support new program & business requests and to enhance scalability & stability of the applications.
• Provide application & database operations triage support to troubleshoot & resolve issues encountered in production, development, and test environments. This responsibility includes both workday and night/weekend on-call support as required to maintain high availability of the applications for various users.

Develop and modify existing Linux shell scripts to perform LDBA day to day and specific tasks and provide process documentation.

VI. ADDITIONAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submission of a candidate's resume by multiple vendors will result in disqualification of the candidate from this opportunity.

This position is subject to availability of funding.

In submitting a resume for this solicitation, the vendor attests to their compliance with e-verify for the submitted candidate.

E-verify requirements are outlined in Appendix A, Section P. Immigration, of the Standard Terms and Conditions for Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contract.

Worker must sign an Acceptable Use Agreement as a condition of employment.

Worker must sign and return an HHSC Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contractor Integrity Agreement (IT Form 4710) before a purchase order is issued.

Vendor must sign and return and HHS Information Security Cybersecurity Training Acknowledgement (HHS Form 3834) before a purchase order is issued.

Vendor must conduct a criminal history investigation of the Worker and provide the results to HHSC prior to the issuance of any purchase order.

The criminal history investigation must have been conducted within six months prior to the issuance of any purchase order, including a purchase order for modifying or extending the terms of the agreement.

Should the Worker not be acceptable to HHSC at any time because of the results of the criminal history investigation, then HHSC may immediately terminate its purchase order and related service agreement or request replacement of the Worker in question.

By accepting the purchaser order, the Vendor agrees to comply with the HHS Data Use Agreement.