SQL DBA
CERES Group
Description: Job Responsibilities:
- Engage system/storage admins and development teams productively
- Develop automation within the environment for SQL server deployment and updates, maintenance, custom software deployments, etc.
- Assist with development of standards and policies around data /access security (end-user access vs dev access)
- Maintain and monitor database environments for 24/7 availability. Performance of duties will sometimes require work outside of regular business hours. May be expected to act as first contact in a rotating, on-call schedule for database support.
- Develop alerts, reports and automated processes for failed jobs.
- Collect and analyze database and system performance measurements over time.
- Optimize procedures, indexes and table schemas according to trending data.
- Enforce security measures and policies by minimizing scope of exposure to logins, applying security patches and performing necessary security audits.
- Review design and deployment of any data objects from development environment to production.
- Troubleshoot database and hardware-related problems.
- Monitor SQL Server activity, performance, error logs, event logs, space usage and security on a daily basis.
- Manage and execute daily operational jobs including backups, index/statistics updates
- Monitor and maintain transactional replication and Always on configurations.
- Bachelor's Degree - a degree in a computer science, engineering, mathematics, or science preferred
- 5+ years related professional experience
- Relevant technical certifications
- Advanced knowledge of T-SQL development, SSIS, SQL internals
- Experience supporting an environment with significant product and software development
- Ability to proactively identify, troubleshoot and resolve live database systems issues.
- Knowledge of HA and disaster recovery principles and practices, including planning, testing, backup/restore
- Knowledge of Windows Server architecture and patching
- Understanding and experience with transactional replication, clustering and other HA solutions
- Experience installing/upgrading/patching/configuring SQL 2008/2012/2014
- Knowledge of PowerShell
- Knowledge and/or experience with 3rd party backup and performance monitoring tools a plus
- Knowledge of SSRS and SharePoint integration a plus
- Experience with SAN/Storage technologies, virtual environments and OLAP/SSAS data warehouse solutions a plus
- Exposure to new database technologies such as NoSQL, in-memory databases, graph databases and/or data grids a plus
- Knowledge of source control and release management systems a plus
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Decision-making
- Team work
- Stress tolerance
- Ability to raise difficult issues in a constructive way
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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