Database Administrator

This position provides implementation, administration, support, monitoring and maintenance of the SQL Database environment.

The DBA is responsible for timely user problem resolution, including problem recognition, isolation and resolution/escalation.  Also involves regular interaction with hardware and support specialists.

Required Traits:

• Provide administration and support for mission critical and pre-production database environments;
• Provide 24x7 on-call administration and support. Work with client support, developers and IT personnel to resolve daytime and after-hours support issues in a timely manner and as required by service level agreements;
• Perform and manage daily database maintenance, monitoring and performance tuning tasks/jobs;
• Responsible for database disaster recovery of all database environments which includes managing and supporting SQL backup policies;
• Identify and document performance and scaling improvements to R&D;
• Manage storage environments for SQL data, logs and backups including optimization, monitoring space and providing growth statistics;
• Assist in the design and implementation of security, auditing and integrity controls;
• Provide expert SQL Server knowledge and solutions
• Actively discuss, review, and recommend technical options and activities with the team;
• Proactively make recommendations and resolve technical system issues to improve SQL stability;
• Benchmark, analyze, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the SQL infrastructure and SQL systems;
• Assist with the maintenance of test, development and staging database environments.

Preferred Experience:
• At least 7+ years of recent experience maintaining and administrating mission-critical database environments;
• Experience in large enterprise production environments with high transaction volume;
• Experience in SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012;
• Strong T-SQL , SQL Profiler skills;
• Experience with database triaging, tuning and monitoring;
• Familiarity with Standard Change Control Procedures;
• Clear understanding of database design, referential integrity and application development life cycle;
• Clear understanding of database hardware design and disk subsystems;
• Understanding of programming with C# in Microsoft Visual Studio environment;
• Prefer experience with SQL transactional replication;
• Prefer experience with SQL Clustering;
• Prefer experience with Virtualization technologies in a database environment;
• Prefer SQL Server Certification.
 
Skills and Abilities:
 
• Strong systematic troubleshooting, problem solving skills and initiative;
• Good planning, time management, documentation skills;
• Easily adapts to changing priorities;
• Effective communication with team members;
• Works well individually and within at team;
• Ability to conduct research into database issues and products and present ideas in a business-appropriate and user-friendly language.

We thank all interested candidates however only those selected for interviews will be contacted.