SQL Server DBA Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a SQL Server DBA to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement;
- Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end;
- Apply data modeling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations;
- Manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems;
- Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours;
- Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members;
- Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes;
- Provide 24×7 support for critical production systems;
- Monitoring and tuning all SQL databases to ensure availability.
Requirements:
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment;
- Present technical solutions to management and decision makers;
- Listen carefully and act upon user requirements;
- Experience supporting mission critical production systems is required;
- Strong knowledge in project management practices and ability to document processes and procedures as needed;
- Tracking, monitoring, and reporting database jobs and processes using various software products;
- Complete work within a reasonable time frame under the supervision of a manager or team lead;
- Candidate must have a 4 year degree (or equivalent experience);
- Keep abreast of industry and technology trends;
- Translate a logical data model or user specifications into a physical design;
- Communicate the required downtime with the application development teams and systems engineers to implement approved changes;
- Ensure detailed physical design of data structures and database complies with enterprise standards, guidelines, procedures, and processes;
- Assist in the consultation to application development teams on Microsoft SQL Server technical issues and techniques;
- Coordinate with systems engineers to configure servers for Microsoft SQL Server installation and database creation;
- 8 years of Microsoft SQL Server DBA Experience.