Sr SQL Server Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Sr SQL Server Funtional /Application DBA V2014 - 2022

Work Location: 26th Street and Madison Ave

Duration: 1yr renewable contracts.

Start: ASAP

Work Remote: NO. They want all consultants on site.

Work Status: Citizens, Green card.

Skills Need:

· Must have 10+ years of experience working for US companies in the US.

· Must have 4 + years of ‘Recent’ Banking experience (Since 2018).

• Must have recent experience performing Level 3 support (The highest level Support).
• These positions are for a ‘Global’ unit. Consultants must have experience (Constantly and On Average) working in a team environment with DB sizes of 30TB or more (Not Less).
• Experience working with large-scale enterprise application setup across Data centers.

· Must have a Minimum of 10+ years conducting general database administration tasks (e.g. DB
implementation, DB code deployments, DB backups, creation of DB user accounts).

· Minimum of 8+ years experience working as a SQL Server DBA.

· Must have experience with Functional & Application DBA duties.

· Must have at least 8 years administering database platform specific advanced features
(e.g. clustering, encryption, logical/physical standby, ETL, replication) and performance optimizing server database servers and SQL code.

· Minimum of 8+ years experience working in a SQL DBA Role with multiple databases and SQL development issues.

· Proficient in MS SQL Server 2014 - 2022.

· Must have exposure to SQL Server 2025.

· SSIS Package creation and debugging skills.

· Stored procedure development and tuning.

· Data replication exposure.

The JOB:

· Each week give developers a list of the top 10 most resource-intensive queries on the server and suggest ways to improve performance on each.

· Design indexes for existing applications, choosing when to add or remove
indexes.

· When users complain about the performance of a particular query, help
developers improve the performance of that query by tweaking it or modifying
indexes.

· Conduct SQL Server lunch-and-learn sessions for application developers.

· Advise developers on the most efficient database designs (tables, datatypes, stored procedures, functions, etc).

· Consultant must have experience:
1) Writing and improving SQL Server T-SQL queries for at least a year. You will be known amongst the office as the go-to person for T-SQL questions.
2) Designing tables and picking datatypes
o Using Profiler traces and other tools to find the most frequently run queries.
3) Using free tools like sp_BlitzIndex® and DMV queries to answer questions about
index usage.
5) On-call troubleshooting for SQL Server service outages.
6) Deciding whether clustering, log shipping, mirroring, replication, etc are the
right fit to solve a business problem.