SQL Database Administrator

SQL Server Database Admin

Overview:

Brooksource is seeking an experienced SQL Server Database Admin to join our client who is a leader in the Financial Risk and Professional Services Industry. The Database & Middleware Engineering Team is seeking a SQL DBA to help drive the completion of various projects, including a migration of databases into Azure. This role will require a DBA with experience and technical skills essential to support complex database systems to effectively contribute to database related projects also to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide database support and maintenance.
• Perform database migrations to new systems and new software releases
• Deliver new database services
• Monitoring database performance, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing SQL queries, indexes, and server configurations to improve performance.
• Troubleshoot database related issues, support incidents and changes
• Applying patches, service packs, and updates to SQL Server instances to keep them secure and up to date, and planning and executing version upgrades as needed.
• Work with multiple database servers and complex database environments
• Collaborating with developers, system administrators, and other stakeholders to address database-related requirements and issues, and communicating effectively with team members and management.
• Provide on-call database support as a member of a Global Team
• Perform RCA for incidents & provide remediation plan to functional teams

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in administrating SQL Server on windows in global, fast-paced, environment.

Backup and recovery

Database operations, indexing, configuration, patching

Expertise in database performance tuning

Database Security

Database Management

SQL Server 2012-2019

Database performance management and tuning

Always On, Database mirroring, Replication

SQL Server tools (Profiler, SSMS, Configuration Manager, PerfMon, DMVs, system stored procedures)

Exposure to Azure SQL, MI and AWS RDS preferred

Attention to Detail, possess a keen interest within database technologies SQL Server by understanding new current/forthcoming versions

Skilled in using analytics, logic and reasoning to troubleshoot issues and find the best solutions to overcome challenges

• Passion for providing excellent support to all types of users as well as impeccable verbal and written communication skills
• Must possess organizational proficiencies to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment with minimum supervision
• Must be a team player and have the ability to interact with multiple levels of personnel within the organization
• Understanding of database design, installation and configuration, database monitoring tools and disaster recovery solutions

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelors degree in computer science / information system / Electronics Engineering or equivalent
• ITIL certified Added advantage.
• Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS)