Sr. Database Administrator

First Data Corporation (FDC) is the global leader in electronic payment processing services.  With more than 32,000 employees worldwide, First Data provides innovative, cutting edge payment acceptance services to merchants enabling millions of consumers to pay for goods and services by credit card, debit card, stored valued card, check and money wire at the point-of-sale or over the Internet. Please visit our website at www.firstdata.com .

We are looking for a Sr. Database Administrator to work in one of the following locations:  Hagerstown, MD, Moorpark, CA, or Omaha, NE.

Duties: Designs, installs, maintains and upgrades the enterprises production databases. Provides technical expertise in the use of database technology. Accountable for the overall performance of the enterprises database environment. Works closely with clients, business analysts, systems programmers, and application developers to define and resolve information flow and content issues---helping to transform business requirements into environment specific databases. Monitors and analyzes performance metrics and allocates database resources to achieve optimum database performance. Works on multiple projects as a project leader, or sometimes as a project advisor. Supports multiple servers and multiple databases of medium to high complexity (complexity defined by database size, technology used, and system feeds and interfaces) with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity and accessibility of the data. Works independently on projects. Requires minimum coaching on interfacing with multiple IT groups and business units.Provides technical coaching to business functions and lower level database administrators on more complex issues.

Oncall responsibilities.

Requirements:  Expert in database administration, database monitoring and tuning, logical data modeling, and physical database development. Understands the principles, theories, practices and techniques of project Management. Understands the technology impacts on business strategic direction enabling definition and integration of technical plans supporting the enterprise business functions and processes.  5+ yrs of related IT Experience. Associates, Certifications. Expertise in SQL Server database administration a must.  Experience with Foxpro is a plus.

To apply: go to www.firstdatajobs.com, search for positions in MD and complete an online application for position #026MD10600460, or e-mail a resume with salary requirements to job@neteps.com