Senior Database Administrator II (SQLDBA)

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Job Description:

SQL Server Skills SQL2K through SQL2025

- Install configure manage monitor troubleshoot and tune production support and develop databases

- Help to define SQL Server architecture and implement environments

- Ensure high availability in the production systems through multiple methods

- Ensure outstanding performance in all systems

- Troubleshoot SQL Server issues as they occur

- Ensure all database servers are backed up in a way that meets the businesss Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)

- Test backups to ensure Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) can be met

- Understand and manage SQL Server capacity usage and growth planning

- Configure database monitoring utilities to minimize false alarms and ensure up-time

- Implement high availability technology including AlwaysOn replication and clustering

- Design indexes and review query execution plans for optimal performance and operations

- Work with profiling and tracing tools to optimize the databases as necessary

- Define implement and document industry best practices

Windows Server Skills

- Detail provisioning installation and maintenance of systems running ServerR2 Server 2012 R2 Server 2016 and Server 2019.

- Review preventive maintenance on the operating systems as well as assist repair of system/environment problems.

- Document tasks procedures environments for setting up and maintaining systems.

- Analyze system faults and troubleshoot and run diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems.

- Solid understanding of best practices and ability to implement.

- Work collaboratively with other staff.

- Manage setup and provisioning of storage resources.

Requirements/Qualifications:

7.5 -10 Years of experience and knowledge of:

- Proficiency with tuning SQL databases for performance reliability and availability

- Experience in Monitoring SQL Server databases through agent jobs scripts and tools

- Experience with capacity planning

Minimum of 3 years of experience of relevant IT Server support:

- Assist with deployment configure and support Windows Server systems.

- Ability to troubleshoot standard Windows processes and tools.

- Performance tuning and system optimization.

- Experience with Windows utilities.

- Understanding of/experience with local/wide area networking concepts/protocols.

- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

- Experience in mission-critical operations ideally within a 24x7 large scale distributed and clustered environment.

- Interact with vendors in the resolution of complex problems.

- Effectively communicate with customers help desk support personnel and senior engineers.

Desired:

Experience with VMware and/or other virtualization technologies is a big plus.

Excellent technical documentation skills.

Experience in the semiconductor industry is an additional asset.

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