Lansing, MI - IT - DTMB - Agency Services - DOC - Database Administrator 5

Position Information

Position Type
Staff Augmentation
Hours/Week
40

Billing Type
Daily
Shift
Day

Projected Start Date
10/14/2024
Start Time
8:00 AM

Projected End Date/Duration
09/30/2025
End Time
5:00 PM

Bid Limit Per Vendor
1
Number of Positions
1

Desired Career Level
Experienced Non-manager
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's Degree

Weekend
None

Position Location

Address
4125 W St. Joe Hwy
City
Lansing

State
Michigan
Zip
48917

Country
UNITED STATES

Requirements

Travel Required
No
Security Required
Yes

Onboarding Category

Position Description

Please ensure you attach the MI Cover Sheet (attached), a valid Right to Represent with hybrid work schedule confirmed, and the candidate's resume with full legal first name, and last name. Withdrawn candidates will not be permitted to be replaced. If you would like to use a sub vendor, only 1 level deep, please use Formstack link: (url removed).

Duration: 1 year with extension likely

Hybrid: Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Wednesdays are required to be onsite. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.

Local candidates (preferred) or non-local (must be willing to relocate at own expense/follow the hybrid schedule).

Will close submissions on: 9/18/2024 at 10am EST

Interview Process: Interview will be held via MS Teams. There is potential a 2nd round interview could be held in person.

Minimal occasional overtime may be required.

Top Skills & Years of Experience:

- Sybase to SQL Server (4-5 years minimum experience with Sybase and SQL) - Required

- Candidates must be experienced in troubleshooting.

- Unix/Solaris/Linux experience

Candidates MUST be able to speak to skills listed on resume.

Clear and concise written and verbal communication is crucial to success and productivity in this role.

Prescreening questions are required for this position. These are attached and must be included in your submission.

Full Job Description Attached:

DBA Contractor

We are looking for a DBA to join the team. This is not a short-term contract. We would prefer to eventually move the person to being a full-time employee, if possible, but the primary goal is to have an employee that can meet our skill requirements. If the selected candidate desires to stay as a contractor, we are more than willing to allow this but will also work to get to being a full-time state employee if they desire.

They will need to have experience with formal change control environments. They also need strong troubleshooting skills.

This position is for an expected 40 hours per week Monday through Friday with two days on site. There is currently a rotation for on call during the period Saturday morning till Monday morning and this position may be required to assist with this after an initial learning period. Overtime and weekend work is rare and must be scheduled and approved by our customer. This is generally a scheduled project.

Our environment is predominantly Sybase with SQL Server. We are moving from Sybase to a pure SQL Server in approximately 3 years. The Sybase environment is 15.7 on Solaris in an X86 hardware environment within our local network. The SQL Server environment is mixed versions of SQL Server on mixed versions of Windows Server with an upcoming project to update versions. This environment includes both servers in our network and in Azure.

Our planned goal is to move off Sybase and a project to do this is underway and thus the need for the selected candidate to have some experience with both Sybase and SQL Server.

Our primary goal is to have an additional individual to assist with our Sybase 15.7. As a result, the appropriate candidate will need to have Unix background running and developing CRON jobs with command line experience. The DBA should be familiar with Sybase ASE 15.7. This can be at the level of a junior DBA. The desire is to have a DBA that can assist with tasks, particularly during after hours implementations that the senior DBAs need completed to reduce the overall time required per DBA. This position will also help with other tasks that occur during the week such as weekly data fixes which occur on Thursday and Friday.

The secondary goal is to take work off the SQL Server DBAs. This will require the individual to have some experience with Windows Servers and with SQL Server. Additionally, the person will work with clusters and with Disaster Recovery in our development, test, and production environments.

A strong desired experience is migration from Sybase to SQL Server.