SQL Server DBA

Must be a US Citizen or US Resident Living near San Fernando Valley

No Third Party Candidates (or Consultants living outside of Los Angeles)

Must have an easy going personality ability to work in a team environment.

The Database Administrator will be responsible to maintain and monitor the all production Data Bases at the organization.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Ensure that all databases are kept current for maintenance so that customers do not receive performance issues related to database size or logging.

• Work with the IT Teams to ensure that backups are kept current.

• Implement and maintain minimum access requirements for all users that are accessing the SQL databases.

• Evaluate database growth regularly so that models can be adjusted if the size or expected growth is more than the current configuration can handle.

• Work primarily with Microsoft SQL server 2005 thru current (2016).

• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Must resolve Database related hardware/software configuration problems and work with system engineers to install or upgrade hardware/software products and/or approved patches.

Work Experience

• Education: Minimum four-year college degree in a related field (computer science or information technology); a Masters degree in a related field (computer science or information technology) is preferred.

• Experience: Minimum 10 years experience as a DBA in a Microsoft SQL environment monitoring and administering large production databases.

• Certifications preferred

• Experience in installing upgrading / patching and configuring MSSQL 2008-2022

• Experience with SQL log review

• Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO)

• Capacity to implement operational automation using scripts.

• Ability to automate routine processes or PowerShell

• Experience in High Availability (HA)

• Strong SQL development skills and in-depth knowledge of SQL internals

• Advanced experience in mirroring and replication