Senior Database Administrator

Key Responsibilities

• Design, construct, install, and maintain databases
• Maintain the integrity and security of the database, including backups and recovery procedures.
• Setup and maintain database replication, clustering, mirroring, and other high availability strategies.
• Plan and manage new installations or upgrades and updates,
• Implement and manage disaster recovery and failover systems.
• Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required.
• Monitors and Responds to Alerts generated
• Provide support for all the SQL Server databases
• Optimize queries for performance.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize database usage.
• Perform Daily checks
• Perform Performance Tunning & Capaticy Plannig on databases
• Stay updated with the latest database technologies and best practices.
• Define and implement database standards, policies, and procedures

General Qualifications

• BSc degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or similar academic disciplines
• Minimum 5 years Experience with Database Administration for MSSQL Server,
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database problems,
• Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization, using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools,
• Experience with backups, restores and recovery models,
• Minimum 3 years Experience of Installation High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA&DR) , Monitoring, Backup-Restore , Upgrade & Patching options for MSSQL Server
• Experience in implementing operational automation using scripts,
• Knowledge of indexes, index management, and statistics,
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Excellent communication and documentation skills,
• Positive attitude, strong work ethic; a team player who shows commitment and dedication to the job,
• Integrity, reliability, adaptability, confidence, open-mindedness, and promptness,
• Strong customer service orientation,
• Proficiency in ITIL concepts for Change Management and Configuration Management is a plus.
• Certification is a plus; MCSA:SQL Server 2012/2014, MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration, MCSA: SQL 2016 Business Intelligence Development