Job Description

Job Description

About this Position:

Job Title: Database Administrator

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, implements, and maintains database, procedures, and functions that accommodate changing business priorities and technological changes while ensuring availability, scalability, performance, recoverability, reliability, and security.
• Acts as liaison for SQL Server database performance, integration, migration, upgrade, storage, and replication strategies.
• Performs SQL Server performance tuning: waits/Query Store analysis, index & stats optimization, SARGability fixes, and parallelism tuning.
• Monitors the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime; configures alerts and telemetry for proactive detection.
• Interacts with project management and Agile development teams to develop a strong understanding of project and database development objectives.
• Participates in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different team members to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Documents, tracks, and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Participates in Scrum teams in support of Agile projects; end-to-end support for build, deployment, and operational activities.
• Exercises considerable latitude, discretion, and independent judgment in determining technical objectives of assignments.
• Performs routine operations and maintenance including installations, upgrades, patching, monitoring, auditing, and issue resolution.
• Manages and prioritizes multiple, diverse tasks simultaneously.
• Must be flexible, independent, and self-motivated.
• Works collaboratively to meet team goals/mission.
• Provides after-hours or weekend maintenance as needed.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's Degree.

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• 6+ years of experience with Backup/Recovery.
• 6+ years of experience with Performance Tuning.

Preferred Skills:

• Cloud Platform experience (SQL Database).
• PowerShell Scripting and Automation.
• Database planning, scaling, and capacity planning.

Note: For H-1B and OPT cases, we are seeking candidates from recognised organizations.

"No phone calls please."

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