Database Administrator
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
Job Responsibilities:
• 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
Must Have Skills/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• 5+ years Database Administration experience
• Experience in providing technical support, covering database administration and operations to include monitoring maintenance capacity, performance monitoring/planning and incident/problem troubleshooting and resolution
• Experience with MSSQL 2019/2017/2016/2014/2012
• Experience with Windows server 2012/2016/2019.
• Experience with Windows 10/8/7 client operating systems.
• Experience with SQL Always-On, mirroring, clustering and data replication.
• Experience with MSSQL services (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS/Fulltext/Polybase/R) and OLAP.
• Experience with application side tuning versus server-side tuning.
• Experience with VB, C#, Power shell, Azure Cloud would be an asset to the role.