Job Details
Title: Sr. Microsoft SQL Database Administrator
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Duration: 6+ Months
Duties:
- Provide Primary DBA (Database Administration) responsibilities including support of the various application development teams through advising on design, implementing solutions and optimizing databases for the applications.
- Working as a MS SQL Server (Microsoft's Database offering) expert for the firm
- Evaluating and Adopting features in new releases of the MS SQL Server product
- Work closely with Engineers across all Business Units to design, develop and optimize databases for diverse application workloads
- Provide support for Database (RDBMS's) standardization programs from design, development and implementation Installation, configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of DBMS environment
- Design and implement database security controls in order to safeguard firms data
- Provide production support, capacity planning and work on building the database infrastructure globally
- Manage various OS and database specific upgrades on Windows/Linux environment
- Build self-service and automation tools using scripts/programs (ex. powershell) in order to reduce manual processing in providing low-touch offerings
- Working closely with Microsoft Engineering and Product support teams to provide feedback as well as new feature requirements as per the firm's development needs
Skills:
Basic Qualifications
- Required Technical Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or another Engineering field and 5 years of experience in a related role
- 5+ years in Database design, Replication, Stored procedures, SQL performance and tuning and all aspects of high-value add applications database support.
- 5+ years Relational Database development, troubleshooting, design for highly concurrent applications
- Ability to partner with application developers to negotiate and confidence to influence and promote database standardized solutions
- Excellent analytical skills in understanding complex issues and devising specific database solutions for global applications
- Experience with highly transactional system
- Detailed knowledge of Always On and Clustering
- Has worked migrating SQL Servers from on premise to Cloud (AWS specifically a plus)
- Ability to set up, configure and monitor SQL Server replication with complex patterns
- Skilled in evaluating and tuning sql for performance enhancement
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or another Engineering field and 5 years of experience in a related role Skills and Experience: