We are Quest Diagnostics, the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services. Our clients include patients and consumers, physicians, hospitals, health insurers, employers and government agencies.

• Personal health testing on over 100 million patients
• Over 250 million diagnostic laboratory tests
• More than 6.5 million gene-based tests
• World’s largest private database ofclinical test results to help identify best practices in healthcare services across populations of patients, and develop clinical support tools and HEDIS reporting requirements
• Leading edge diagnostic test development through our Nichols Institute
• Worldwide clinical trial capabilities that help bring new treatments to patients and consumers

This position is located at our IT center in Lyndhurst NJ, and work hours will be daytime, 40 hours a week Monday through Friday. We have a driven culture and business casual dress, as well as recognized for low employee turnover while advancing in technologies. Excellent benefits.

Currently we are looking for a DBA

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Main Duties

• Design, install and support Oracle RDBMS and its related products and technologies.

• Develop scripts, stored procedures, triggers and database software packages.

• Implement database backup and validate recovery plans

• Design database security roles; enroll users and audit database security

• Tune databases and plan capacity. Monitor database events, troubleshoot faults and resolve problems.

• Follow change management policies to migrate corrections and enhancements through database environments.

• Provide disk space analysis and database growth reports.

• Provide back tier support for databases

• Ensure RDBMS availability and integrity on 24x7x365

• Provide 24x7x365 production support

• Provide after hours and on-call support as required.

• Service requests from customers.

• Develop database/application migration plans - data, database objects, scripts

• Distribute database performance statistics to application owners

• Conduct database maintenance

• Maintain user access and application access in the databases

• Apply database patches and upgrades

• Perform PeopleSoft application and Oracle E-Business upgrades

• Apply PeopleSoft application patches

• Apply Oracle E-Business patches

• Refresh non production databases with production data

• Clone databases

• Monitor database events, troubleshoot faults and resolve problems.

• Ensure normal operation in all databases and database related environments (not limited to prod only)

• Perform troubleshooting of all databases and database related environments (not limited to prod only)

• Provide inputs on the database design to the High Level Design documentation

• Provide consultation and support to application team or other IT functional departments.

• Provide scripts and documentation for Disaster and Recovery.

• Perform annual database backup restore test for all production databases

• Participate in all required meetings



Required Knowledge: Necessary job knowledge of factual data, methods, process and theoretical knowledge.
• Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, RAC database administration

• PeopleSoft 8.8

• Oracle E-Business 11i

• Oracle Application Server, Oracle Client,

• PeopleSoft Application Server, Process Scheduler

• Ability to design, implement and support Oracle production databases for high availability, security,

• Manageability and reliability.

• Ability to design, implement and support high volume transactional databases.

• Ability to perform complex, conceptual, and logical data modeling.

• Ability to design, implement and support large database implementations

• Proficiency in Oracle partitioning, RAC, ASM, Advanced Security, Data Encryption, Data Guard

• Proficiency in Oracle backup and recovery techniques including RMAN, EDM Legato, Online backup

• Proficiency in Oracle Grid Control, OEM, Context Management.

• Proficiency in performance tuning

• Strong knowledge or Oracle & PL/ SQL, Unix and shell scripting

• Strong analytical & problem solving skills.

• Knowledge of data migration, data archiving and data access techniques.

• Proficiency in Oracle Application Express (HTML DB)

• EMC Patrol and EDM Backups

• Erwin, Oracle Designer

• Knowledge of HIPAA & SOX

• Knowledge of Healthcare Industry

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively





Required Experience:

Specific and amount of on the job experience.
5+ years experience with Oracle production highly transactional and data warehouse databases as an Infrastructure DBA

Special Requirement:

Licensing, travel, working conditions, varying work hours, overtime, etc.
On-call on rotation basis. Weekend implementation and maintenance support. Limited travel.


For immediate attention, email bruce.x.mackenzie@questdiagnostics.com or call 610-650-2527