Progress Database Administrator

Job Title: Progress Database AdministratorDuration: 12 plus months contract with possible extensionExperience: 5 years of experience Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Progress Database Administrator (DBA) to manage maintain monitor and optimize Progress OpenEdge databases supporting enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with database administration performance tuning backup and recovery disaster recovery database migration and production troubleshooting. The candidate will work closely with application development infrastructure and production support teams to ensure database availability reliability security and performance for business-critical applications. Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Progress OpenEdge Database Administration.

• Knowledge of Progress OpenEdge architecture database configuration and startup parameters.

• Experience with OpenEdge database monitoring and troubleshooting utilities including promon proutil probkup and prorest.

• Strong knowledge of database backup restore recovery and After-Imaging.

• Experience with database performance tuning index optimization locking and transaction management.

• Experience with database migration upgrades dump/load and database maintenance.

• Knowledge of Progress ABL/4GL applications and their interaction with the database.

• Experience with Linux/Unix or Windows Server environments.

• Proficiency in Unix/Linux shell scripting and automation.

• Understanding of database security access management and disaster recovery practices.

• Strong analytical troubleshooting communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Progress OpenEdge replication and high-availability configurations.

• Knowledge of Progress Application Server WebSpeed or PAS for OpenEdge (PASOE).

• Familiarity with SQL-92 ODBC/JDBC connectivity and application integration.

• Experience supporting large-scale business-critical enterprise applications.

• Experience working in an ITIL-based production support environment.

• Exposure to healthcare insurance or other regulated enterprise environments is an advantage.

Education Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

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