MS SQL DBA - Open Systems Technologies

Salt Lake City, UT

A financial firm is looking for a MS SQL DBA to join their team in Salt Lake City, UT.

Pay: $66/hr W2

Responsibilities:

Support various application development teams through advising on design, implementing solutions and optimizing databases for the applications
Evaluating and adopting features in new releases of the MS SQL Server product
Work with engineers across all business units to design, develop and optimize databases for diverse application workloads
Provide support for database (RDBMS’s) standardization programs from design, development and implementation
Installation, configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of DBMS environment
Design and implement database security controls in order to safeguard firms data
Provide production support, capacity planning and work on building the database infrastructure globally
Manage various OS and database specific upgrades on Windows/Linux environment
Build self-service and automation tools using scripts/programs in order to reduce manual processing in providing low-touch offerings
Work with Microsoft engineering and product support teams to provide feedback as well as new feature requirements as per the firm’s development needs

Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or another Engineering field and 5 years of experience in a related role
5+ years in database design, replication, stored procedures, SQL performance and tuning and all aspects of high-value add applications database support
5+ years relational database development, troubleshooting, design for highly concurrent applications
Strong analytical skills in understanding complex issues and devising specific database solutions for global applications
Experience with highly transactional system
Ability to set up, configure and monitor SQL Server replication with complex patterns
Skilled in evaluating and tuning SQL for performance enhancement

Source : Open Systems Technologies