Description
Are you an experienced Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator ready for an exciting new challenge? We're looking for a talented DBA to join our team and make a significant impact!
What You'll Be Doing
- Incident Response: Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation, providing timely responses to database incidents and outages, including outside regular business hours.
- Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve database issues, determine root causes, and escalate to vendors when necessary.
- Support & Documentation: Process support requests within SLAs, document troubleshooting steps and solutions in ServiceNow, and update standard operating procedures and knowledgebase articles.
- Optimization: Identify and resolve repeating alert trends to enhance stability and performance. Propose improvements to systems and automation.
- Project Leadership: Lead and contribute to projects including cloud migration, application modernization, capacity planning, and more.
What We're Looking For
- Experience: 10+ years of MS SQL Server DBA experience, with expertise in replication, Always On, and mirroring.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in SQL coding, tuning, PowerShell scripting, and automation. Hands-on experience with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), SSIS, and SSRS.
- Cloud Knowledge: Experience with AWS services like EC2, RDS, and Aurora, and cloud deployment tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Terraform.
- Troubleshooting: Strong skills in performance tuning, SQL performance assessment, and understanding of MS SQL Server's storage engine.
- Database Management: Expertise in common database procedures (upgrade, backup, recovery, migration) and server resource profiling.
- Soft Skills: Excellent communication, problem-solving abilities, and a self-starter attitude. Ability to work with minimal supervision and strong commitment to change-management principles.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Additional Tools: Experience with ticketing and monitoring tools such as ServiceNow, Zenoss, Foglight, CloudWatch, and AppDynamics.
- Configuration Management: Familiarity with configuration management tools like SCCM, Puppet, or Ansible.
Why You'll Love This Role
- Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the best of both worlds with a hybrid work schedule—three days in the office and two days remote.
- Competitive Pay: Earn \(90 per hour on a W-2 basis or \)100 per hour as an independent contractor.
- Dynamic Work Environment: Engage in challenging projects and work with a supportive team.
Ready to Join Us?
If this role excites you, we want to hear from you! Please share your updated resume and let us know your availability for interviews and potential start date.
Note: You should have a green card or be a U.S. citizen to apply. We are unable to consider Visa holders or H1-B holding companies.
Employment Type: Full-Time