Typical Day in Role:
• Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts
• Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues
(ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems)
• Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade and patching
• Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching
• Perform and manage system and database backups
• Perform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failure
•Provide on-site database and system support
•Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performance
•Based on statistics, make recommendations to maintain and improve capacity and system performance
•Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts
•Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems)
•Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade and patching
•Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching
•Perform and manage system and database backups
•Perform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failure
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1. 8+ years Database Administration experience with MSSQL (combined experience with the following 2022/2019/2017/2016/2014/2012)
2. 8+ years experience in providing technical support, covering database administration and
operations to include monitoring maintenance capacity, performance
monitoring/planning and incident/problem troubleshooting and resolution
3. 5+ years of Experience with SQL Always-On, mirroring, clustering and data replication, and experience with MSSQL components (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS/Fulltext/Polybase/R).
4. 3+ years of Experience with application side tuning versus server-side tuning
5. 5+ years of Experience with Windows server 2012/2016/2019
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Experience with Windows 10/8/7 client operating systems.
• Experience with VB, C#, Power shell, Azure Cloud
• Experience with use of PostgreSQL and Linux, ksh
– Experience providing DBA support for Public Cloud MSSQL offerings such as Azure MI, Azure SQL Databases, and GCP Cloud SQL MSSQL.
Soft Skills Required:
• Strong Communication skills
• team player
• Time management skills
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required