Job Description Application DBA - Enterprise Information

Job: Technology

Date Posted: 01/29/2014, 4:54:13 AM

Location: United States-Washington-Seattle perations-141624

 

Nordstrom is a fashion specialty retailer founded on a simple idea: offer each customer the best possible service, quality, value and selection. At Nordstrom, providing great customer service goes beyond the selling floor. It takes a team of individuals with different talents and skills to continuously improve service and our results. Our Information Technologies division works in partnership with other areas of the company to develop and support the business systems used throughout Nordstrom. When you join our team, you are welcomed into a family dedicated to creating memorable and rewarding shopping experiences for our customers.

 

The Enterprise Information team is expanding to meet the demands of a growing Nordstrom business. We are looking for an experienced, operations-minded application DBA with strong hands on experience managing and tuning data warehousing environments. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of leadership in both technical and business domains, is proficient in database and data warehousing technology and is passionate about data! Our environment has a mix of Oracle and Teradata data warehouses.

 

Responsibilities:

• Database admin support for mission critical data warehouses
• Perform analysis of complex business requirements to determine appropriate solutions
• Assist application development with database design considerations
• Query optimization and tuning
• Participate in design reviews and code reviews
• Conduct root cause analysis to resolve complex system problems and implement mitigation strategies
• Perform security administration and access auditing
• Define and implement monitoring to ensure SLA compliance
• Participate in on-call support rotation

 

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred
• 5+ years of experience as a DBA in a data warehouse environment with Oracle and/or Teradata
• Deep knowledge of data warehousing concepts including data modeling (star and snowflake schema design patterns) data profiling techniques
• Solid knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL and shell scripting
• Deep understanding of query profiling and performance tuning
• Experience with PII and PCI data is a plus
• Knowledge of Teradata (architecture, concepts and tooling) is a plus
• Strong planning, organization and time management skills
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively 
• Strong written and oral communications skills

 

Since 1901, Nordstrom has offered a wide variety of quality apparel, shoes and accessories for men, women and children at our stores across the country. We're proud to be named to Fortune™ magazine's list of '100 Best Companies to Work For.' We believe this recognition comes from our desire to empower our employees to set their sights high and deliver exceptional service to customers.

 

As a Nordstrom employee, you can feel confident that your health and well-being are among our highest priorities. We offer a comprehensive, flexible employee benefits package that includes medical/vision and dental coverage, a generous merchandise discount, an employer-matched 401(K) savings and profit sharing plan and much more.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a diverse environment.

 

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

 

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