Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Position Overview:
This role supports an enterprise data warehouse environment built on the Teradata ecosystem. The Senior Systems Engineer serves as a platform administrator responsible for the stability, performance, security, and long-term strategy of the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). The environment consists of multiple platforms, including Production, Test, and Development/Disaster Recovery, and supports high-performance analytics, data mining, and decision-support capabilities for a large and diverse user base.

Core Responsibilities:

· Serve as the platform administrator for the Enterprise Data Warehouse across Production, Test, and Development/Disaster Recovery environments

· Provide technical planning, implementation, and delivery of EDW platform services and supporting technologies

· Research and coordinate long-term EDW strategies with internal stakeholders, leadership, and vendor partners

· Manage vendor communications, escalated troubleshooting, release management, and patching activities

· Provide operating system guidance and EDW security expertise

· Advise supported organizations on disaster recovery planning related to EDW platforms and dependent business applications

· Monitor platform performance and lead resolution of performance-related issues

· Provide direct technical expertise and support to database administrators and technical specialists across the enterprise

Requirements

Technical Requirements (3+ years experience required in each):

· Teradata database administration

· Teradata upgrades, provisioning, software maintenance

· Scripting (BASH, Perl, Python, Glink)

· Teradata ecosystem health monitoring

· Teradata node management

· Teradata Viewpoint administration

· Teradata Tools and Utilities (TTU)

· PSIM (Platform Service Intelligent Monitoring) administration

· Teradata vendor upgrades

· Teradata workload management

· Teradata backup and recovery

· Performance tuning and resource optimization

· Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes

· Firewall concepts and implementation

· Unix/Linux operating systems

· Cloud computing fundamentals, including resource allocation and networking (Microsoft Azure preferred)

· Applied statistics

· Audits and security plans

· Compliance with federal standards and regulations (e.g., NIST 800-53, IRS Pub 1075, SSA, Medicaid)

Environment & Scope:

· Supports an enterprise data warehouse serving multiple organizations and agencies

· User base exceeds 10,000 internal and external users

· Data footprint exceeds 40 TB

· Role collaborates closely with leadership, vendors, and technical teams to ensure secure, high-availability EDW services

Vital Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits promotions, training, termination or any other condition of employment or career development.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, veteran status, disability status or any other legally protected status.