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DatabaseAnalyst

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, South Carolina, Columbia
Sep 03, 2025
Job Title: Database Analyst Location: Columbia, SC (Will be fully onsite until trained and then 3 days onsite a week) Duration: 6 Months (Contract To Hire) Hours: M-F 9-5:30 - Occasional after hours and weekends to do maintenance outside of business hours. C2 eligibility required Duties: Identify and resolve information flow, content issues, and the transformation of business requirements into logical data models. Analyze and develop logical or physical database designs, data models, and relational data definitions in support of corporate systems requirements. 30% Identify opportunities to reduce data redundancy, trends in data uses, and single sources of data. 30% Plan, design, enforce, and audit security policies and procedures that safeguard the integrity of and access to enterprise systems, files, and data elements. Evaluate and recommend security products, services, and/or procedures to enhance productivity and effectiveness. 15% Provide management with risk assessments and security briefings to advise them of critical issues that may affect client or corporate security objectives. Perform database backup/recovery responsibilities. 15% Create database objects and make recommendations for adaptation of new technologies or policies. Troubleshoot applications performance problems. 10% Conduct end-user training where applicable. Required Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of applicable data management programming languages and tools. Able to identify areas where existing data security policies and procedures require change and need to be developed. Knowledge of the methodologies and technologies that depict the flow of data within and between technology systems and business functions/operations. Strong communication and customer service skills. Ability to configure database parameters and to diagnose and resolve performance problems. Required Software and Other Tools: Standard office equipment. Work Environment: Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer. Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree. or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree Required Work Experience: 5 years of IT experience including varied database administration experience. Required Technologies: DB2 database management Strong knowledge of RHEL operating systems ash ksh Nice To Have: IIAS DB2 UDB architecture Implementing security standards (i.e. STIG) User ID management strategies Day to Day: 1. Support day-to-day operations - Work action requests from customers when assigned, install patches and upgrades, work assigned days as "Hot Seat" routing new customer requests to the team, participate in regular meetings and workgroups with the DBAs and data analytics staff 2. Participate in the modernization effort including implementing an IBM P10 data warehouse, moving from AIX servers to Linux, Implementing Python to replace SAS, Implementing new security measures and SSO, and implementing DevOps/DevSecOps. Soft Skills Must have: ability to self-manage, lead projects, and train other team members. Looking for an entrepreneurial spirit; a true desire to make things better and more modern. An architect brain with experience and big ideas. The Team: Our team is small - 14 people - and everyone works very well together. We have a mix of local and remote, but we meet on video (required) daily to maintain an in-person feeling. We are the systems and DBA part of a larger Medicare Statistical Analysis Department, but our data warehouse has grown to serve more than statistical analysis. We are in the middle of a large modernization effort that is replacing all of our systems over the course of two years. Interview: In person for local candidates; otherwise, teams.