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Senior MSSQL L3/SME DBA

3B Staffing LLC, New York, NY, United States


Title:

Senior MSSQL L3/SME DBA

Description:

Skills Requirement

Mandatory skills

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SQL Server & Cloud administration required skills.

Senior level Microsoft SQL Server DBA with experience in large and critical environments.
Knowledge 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 and compression
Hands-on experience on mirroring, replication and Always ON
Must have automation experience. Good knowledge of scripting. Ability to write T-Sql scripts, Power Shell, or Python.
Excellent knowledge of SSIS packages.
Hands-on experience on SQL Server Clustering.
Hands-on experience on Integration Services, Reporting services and Analysis services
Must have good knowledge in SQL Server permission/security policies.

At least 6 months experience with AWS Cloud RDS
Good to have skills

MySQL knowledge / experience.

Linux Knowledge.

Experience with Cloud services like Azure
Experience with SnowFlake
Certifications Desired

MS certifications on MSSQL latest versions.

High Level Role Responsibilities and Interpersonal skills needed for this role

Ability to integrate data between SQL databases and NON-SQL dstabases to SQL databases
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, UK 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

Education & Experience Requirements

Education - Bachelor or higher degree.

10+ years' experience in working in IT services organization.

At least 8+ years of SQL DBA experience

covering implementation, production support and project work.

At least 5+ years of exposure as L3/SME support role .

Knowledge and Understanding of the ITIl

process.

In client facing role(s) globally for at least 5 years.

On call support for at least 5 years.

Excellent Documentations skills in MS SharePoint 2010 /2013