Senior SQL Database Administrator

POSITION OVERVIEW

The SQL Server DBA will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical SQL Server RDBMS systems, to ensure the availability and consistent performance of our enterprise applications. This is a “hands-on” position requiring solid technical skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills. He or she will be responsible to help move our current database systems to Azure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Installation, Administration and Maintenance of SQL Server Instances
• Owns the strategic direction for the database topography
• Create Users and assign permissions based on the level of database access the user would need
• Design database backup and restore strategy
• Setup High-Availability as part of Disaster Recovery Strategy for the Databases
• Troubleshoot various problems that arise in the day-to-day operations and fix the issues
• Monitoring and Performance Tuning; Physical Server Level, Database level (Database settings and options) and query tuning to include index optimizations
• Failover clustering, SAN replication, and other high availability technologies
• Database growth vs disk space available, audits, resource monitoring (I/O bottlenecks, memory pressure, CPU use)
• Manage Maintenance Plans
• Monitor backups to ensure they are being performed regularly
• From time to time recover the databases to a specific point of time, as per the requests

TECHNICAL SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

• Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience.
• Microsoft Azure experience
• SSIS / SSAS / SSRS experience
• Data Warehousing experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 10 years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field; or equivalent work experience.
• MCTS, MCITP, and/or MVP certifications a plus

D ISCLAIMER

 The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.