SQL DBA - Level III - TechDigital

Jersey City, NJ

Minimum 12+ years' Experience
At least 5+ years of SQL DBA experience covering implementation, production support and project work. At least 4+ years of exposure as L3/SME support role.
Knowledge and Understanding of ITIL process
In client facing role(s) for at least 3 years.
On call support for at least 3 years.
Excellent Documentations skills in MS SharePoint 2010 /2013, Confluence.

Mandatory skills - SQL Server administration required skills

Sr.level Microsoft SQL Server DBA with experience in large and critical environments.
Good Experience of performance tuning at both server level and query level. Candidate must have knowledge of perfmon, SQL Server dynamic management views.
Knowledge of SQL server internals.
Knowledge of SQL partitioning.
Hands-on experience on mirroring, replication and Always ON
Must have automation experience. Good knowledge of scripting. Ability to write scripts in T-SQL, PowerShell or Python. Knowledge of SSIS packages.
Hands-on experience on SQL Server Clustering.
Hands-on experience on Integration Services, Reporting services and Analysis services

Good to have skills:

Certifications Desired

Responsibilities :

Ability to think about a problem, identify what we have and implement solutions to solve the problem independently
Work with onsite client team / Application owners in US / UK to Migrate Applications, Database building and Decommissioning
Ability to take lead on some projects and works as part of a team (follow another leader on others)
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to think in and out of the box. Come up with service improvement ideas and innovative solutions.
Self-motivated, conscientious, dedicated individual who works equally well independently or as a member of a team
Must be willing to take responsibility and ownership instead of waiting to be assigned work
The candidate must be willing to provide On-call and weekend support for SQL and MYSQL, the support is rotated among DBA's in US and India
Enable and support the team in resolving day-to-day production issues, application upgrades and patches, performance analysis, disaster recovery implementation, capacity planning and other activities as may be necessary.
Work on Change implementations during UK, US business hours & weekends as per change management process
Documentation & Operational performance reporting
Own Service Improvements
Execute on demand IT projects
Drive compliance to client and organization processes and policies
Ensure Quality of deliverables
The above is not a comprehensive list and could change based on business requirements

Source : TechDigital