Are you someone who never rests on their laurels, always strives to go above and beyond, and is committed to keeping your PROMISES? Do you appreciate a company culture that is open, fosters work-life balance, and a dynamic team environment? Then Old Dominion is the home for you. We take pride in being the best in the industry, and from our humble beginnings we know that our People and our Family Spirit are the main ingredient in our secret sauce to success. At Old Dominion we are looking for individuals to join the OD Family that will provide innovative solutions and exceed expectations to keep OD the premier transportation solutions provider.
Provide strategic and tactical direction for database team and manage the databases to ensure availability and performance standards are met.
Primary Responsibilities
Partner with IT resources to ensure appropriate solutions/offerings are being utilized and supported across the organization
Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to junior level DBAs to support new directions or solutions selected for the enterprise
Responsible for forecasting database utilization and growth patterns and recommend modifications or upgrades for process improvement
Implement tools and processes to monitor databases to proactively ensure high availability
Maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure the integrity of the enterprise database environments
Lead the assessment and evaluation of tools supporting the databases
Recommend changes and enhancements to improve the environment and provide excellent customer service
Help transform business requirements into environment specific database solutions
Participate in the development of implementation plans and post implementation reviews
Assist developers with tuning database access or SQL code to ensure successful implementations
Establish procedures and database administration, security standards and implement database best practices
Research and perform database upgrades and patching
Responsible for implementing and supporting backup and recovery solutions and Disaster Recovery processes
Responsible for implementing high-availability and be proficient in replication technologies
Participate in on-call rotation
Document processes and procedures as assigned by management
Job Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and/or equivalent experience
Pay Range
Experience:
7+ years of experience in database administration, design, architecture, and development
5+ years of experience with tuning, performance, and scalability projects
Experience in implementing a structure and repeatable set of proactive database management policies
Expertise in strategies and approaches for performance optimization
Excellent problem solving skills
Excellent time and project management skills
Ability to self-pace workload
Ability to collaborate with team members to successfully complete projects on time
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Self-motivated, results driven with a sense of urgency to resolve production issues
Working Days:
Shift and hours to be determined.
Working Shift:
Shift and hours to be determined.
Work Days and Shift are estimates and are subject to change, at any given time, based on job scheduling and/or business levels. Any information listed regarding Days and Shifts shall be considered a guideline of expectations for the specific position at the time of posting.
Join the OD Family Today!As a Full Time member of our Family, you and your family are eligible to receive:
Great Health Benefits including a Zero premium medical plan for employee only coverage
Short Term & Long Term Disability
Flex Spending Accounts
401k Retirement plan with company match and additional company annual discretionary match opportunity
Non-qualified retirement plan(s) available
Life Insurance
Bonus Eligible
12 Days Paid Time Off
9 Company Paid Holidays including a birthday holiday
Wellness Program
Credit Union access, Vacation & Holiday
Tuition Reimbursement for Drivers and Technicians
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and/or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and/or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s).
Welcome to Old Dominion. If you are looking for a new career with the best LTL (Less-than-Truckload) carrier in the industry you've come to the right place. Many companies tout their family atmosphere, but at OD it truly is a reality. We've grown from our humble beginnings of a single truck and one route in 1934 started by Earl and Lillian Congdon to a company of over 23,000 employees. At OD we strive daily to keep the family spirit alive and help the world keep promises.
