Database Administrator - Project Lead
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Job description
This request is for a senior-level database administrator to 1) Provide senior- level support and guidance to our Child Care team for several initiatives; 2) Assist (at a senior-level) with the support, maintenance, security, and availability of our SQL environment.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES: Primarily, this position will provide senior-level support and guidance to our Child Care team, including mentoring Child Care developers on schema and query design, execution-plan review/tuning, and security best practices. In addition to this, this position will assist (at a senior-level) with the support, maintenance, security, and availability of the agency's SQL Server environment for other application teams, while prioritizing Child Care commitments.
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Designs, develops, implements, and maintains database, procedures, and
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functions that accommodate changing business priorities and technological
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changes while ensuring availability, scalability, performance,
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recoverability, reliability, and security.
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Acts as liaison for SQL Server database performance, integration,
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migration, upgrade, storage, and replication strategies.
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Performs SQL Server performance tuning: waits/Query Store analysis, index
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& stats optimization, SARGability fixes, and parallelism tuning.
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Monitors the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum
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downtime; configures alerts and telemetry for proactive detection.
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Interacts with project management and Agile development teams to develop
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a strong understanding of project and database development objectives.
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Participates in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different
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team members to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
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Documents, tracks and escalates issues as appropriate.
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Participates in Scrum teams in support of Agile projects; end-to-end
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support for build, deployment, and operational activities.
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Exercises considerable latitude, discretion, and independent judgment in
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determining technical objectives of assignments.
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Performs routine operations and maintenance including installations,
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upgrades, patching, monitoring, auditing, and issue resolution.
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Manages and prioritizes multiple, diverse tasks simultaneously.
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Must be flexible, independent and self-motivated.
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Work collaboratively to meet team goals/mission.
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Provides after-hours or weekend maintenance as needed.
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Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Database Administration Expert 6+ Years Backup/Recovery Expert 6+ Years Performance Tuning Expert 6+ Years RDBMS Expert 6+ Years SQL Server Expert 6+ Years T-SQL Expert 6+ Years Failover Clusters Expert 2-4 Years High-Availability Expert 2-4 Years DMVs Expert 2-4 Years SSIS Services Expert 2-4 Years SSRS Expert 2-4 Years Profiler Expert 2-4 Years SQL Tuning Expert 2-4 Years Database planning, scaling, and capacity planning Expert 2-4 Years SQL Server 2008R2 Expert 1-2 Years SQL Server 2012 Expert 1-2 Years SQL Server 2014 Expert 1-2 Years SQL Server 2016 Expert 1-2 Years ETL Advanced 2-4 Years SSAS Advanced 2-4 Years Verbal Communication Intermediate 2-4 Years Written Communication Intermediate 2-4 Years PowerShell Intermediate 1-2 Years RedGate Toolset Intermediate 1-2 Years SDLC Intermediate 1-2 Years