Netezza Database Administrator
Posted 1 week ago by 1756181041
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Netezza Database Administrator role requires an experienced professional with over 5 years of hands-on expertise in managing Netezza Data Warehouse environments. The candidate will be responsible for administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting to ensure optimal data warehouse performance while collaborating with business and technical teams. The position is remote and requires a strong understanding of Netezza architecture and SQL proficiency. The role is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, and maintain Netezza appliances across environments.
- Perform daily monitoring, performance tuning, and health checks of the Netezza environment.
- Manage database security, users, roles, and permissions.
- Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Optimize SQL queries and workload management (WLM) for better performance.
- Monitor system capacity, identify bottlenecks, and ensure high availability.
- Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and business teams to support data warehouse operations.
- Troubleshoot database-related issues and provide production support.
- Maintain documentation of processes, standards, and best practices.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience in Netezza Database Administration.
- Strong understanding of Netezza architecture, workload management (WLM), and performance tuning.
- Proficiency in SQL, shell scripting, and Linux/Unix administration.
- Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of ETL processes, BI tools, and data warehouse concepts.
- Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Title: Netezza Database Administrator
Location: Remote/US
Duration: 6+ Months
Experience: 8+ years
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Netezza Database Administrator with 5+ years of hands-on expertise in managing and supporting Netezza Data Warehouse environments. The candidate should be proficient in administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting, with the ability to work closely with business and technical teams to ensure optimal data warehouse performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Install, configure, and maintain Netezza appliances across environments.
- Perform daily monitoring, performance tuning, and health checks of the Netezza environment.
- Manage database security, users, roles, and permissions.
- Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Optimize SQL queries and workload management (WLM) for better performance.
- Monitor system capacity, identify bottlenecks, and ensure high availability.
- Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and business teams to support data warehouse operations.
- Troubleshoot database-related issues and provide production support.
- Maintain documentation of processes, standards, and best practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience in Netezza Database Administration.
- Strong understanding of Netezza architecture, workload management (WLM), and performance tuning.
- Proficiency in SQL, shell scripting, and Linux/Unix administration.
- Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of ETL processes, BI tools, and data warehouse concepts.
- Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, etc.).
- Knowledge of Python/automation scripting.
- Familiarity with data governance and security best practices.