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Sr. Database Administrator
Sr. Database Administrator-October 2024
Vancouver
Oct 27, 2025
ABOUT BANFIELD PET HOSPITAL
As the leading provider of preventive veterinary care, Banfield is committed to delivering high-quality care to pets and sharing our data, insights, and best practices with the profession to help adva
10,000+ employees
Healthcare, Veterinary
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About Sr. Database Administrator

  This will be a hybrid position based out of the Banfield Pet Hospital headquarters in Vancouver, WA. Remote candidates who meet all requirements may be considered​.

  Salary Range: $118,796 - $ 163,344 (DOE)

  Summary and Qualifications:

  Provides expertise in maintaining the production instances at its optimal state, helps create test environment for development, monitors the production instances through system alerts and provides stewardship on best practices for sustainable development and securing database infrastructure both on-premises and on the cloud platform.

  Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:

  Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.

  Support development teams with technical and physical design, development, and maintenance of the Oracle Server databases including data analysis and modeling, programming, implementation, performance monitoring, tuning, cloning/refreshing, planning, problem resolution and data dictionary administration.

  Install, upgrade, and patch database software, agents, utilities, and options.

  Collaborate with development teams on use of standard practices for the design and implementation of databases to meet user application requirements.

  Maintain test tools for managing Oracle objects and diagnosing problems.

  Evaluate and test new versions of Oracle, Azure DBs like Synapse, Cosmos as well as third-party vendor utilities and reporting tools used to support Oracle.

  Execute test and audit strategies for backup, security and disaster recovery of Databases and other systems.

  Create and manage multiple environments.

  On-call support for one week once every three weeks.

  Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment.

  Strong project and time management skills with ability to multitask and prioritize workloads.

  Demonstrated analytical capabilities; effectively identify and resolve problems in high-visibility and high-stress situations.

  Other job duties as assigned.

  Special Working Conditions:

  Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.

  Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job.

  Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.

  Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.

  Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.

  Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment.

  The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate.

  Environment where pets are present.

  Experience, Education and/or Training:

  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

  Seven years of experience with Oracle DBA and Azure DB (Synapse, CosmosDB) administration in a medium to large corporate environments are required.

  Experience with one or more Unix/Linux server from various vendors (Oracle, HP, IBM, etc.) is required.

  Experience with hardware installation requirements for mid-range system is required.

  Experience with database performance monitoring and capacity planning is required.

  Experience with OS functions and capabilities is required.

  Familiarity with UNIX scheduling, archive/backup management, file transfer protocols and editors is required.

  Experience working with Oracle to create support ticket for technical issues is required.

  Experience working with Oracle Enterprise Manager is required.

  Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

  Ability to present clean, organized, and thorough information and data that is appropriate for intended audiences is required.

  Oracle OCP level knowledge and certification is preferred.

  What We Offer – The Good Stuff:

  Competitive salary with paid time off & holidays so you can spend time with the people you love

  Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your loved ones

  Fertility and family-building assistance

  Paid Parental leave

  Practice Paid Basic Life Insurance

  Practice Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability

  Competitive referral program – join our team, bring your friends, and get paid*

  Automatic enrollment 401(k) Savings Plan after 60 days of employment with generous company match

  Commuter Benefits

  Legal Plan

  Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Account

  Mental health support and resources

  Paid Volunteering

  Optimum Wellness Plans® for up to three pets

  Continuing Education allowance & MED hours for eligible positions

  Student Debt Relief (for full-time DVMs)

  A Variety of discounts including Mars, PetSmart, Royal Canin, fitness, cellular and so much more

  Even More Good Stuff:

  Opportunities for growth and leadership roles at Banfield, Mars, and other divisions of Mars

  Health and well-being benefits to support quality of life

  Associate-led equity, inclusion, and diversity groups (we have 7 of them!)

  Awesome opportunities to volunteer through Mars Volunteer Program, like volunteering at coral reef cleanups or on research vessels!

  *Terms and conditions apply

  **Benefits eligibility is based on employment status

  WE ARE A DRUG-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

  Banfield Pet Hospital® strongly supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced. Banfield Pet Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. Banfield Pet Hospital complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every Banfield location.

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