Client: State of New York
Job Title: Senior SQL Server DBA Architect
Location: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12220 Core 2, Floor 1
Position Type: 30 Months (Contract)
Number of Hours: 40 Hrs/ week
Interview Type: Webcam
Ceipal ID: SNY_SQL600_SB
Requirement ID: HBITS-06-13600
Description: Department of Health
The Division of Nutrition manages programs designed to improve the health and nutritional status of the residents of New York State. Improving the diet of the public is a key factor in improving public health among those most at risk for serious illness. Applications have been developed to meet the rising needs of the Division. Support and maintenance is necessary to keep these applications up and running, and to complete enhancements requested by end users.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support for the administration and maintenance of SQL Server databases.
- Monitor applications use of the databases and make recommendations to improve efficiency and response time.
- Set up, monitor, and update jobs performing data backups and recoveries.
- Design and implement fast, scalable, and maintainable cubes.
- Monitor database usage, identify corrective actions when necessary and apply changes needed to handle data growth and performance degradation.
- Monitor database security and assign user access, grant permissions and roles, develop groups, audit access, etc.
- Perform impact analysis on hardware configurations, database schema, and application code, to offer recommendations on improving design and efficiency.
- Write SQL code via stored procedures and Transact-SQL to access data.
- Develop database design by performing needs analysis, creating logical model, and implementing the physical model.
- Follow/develop sound database practices.
- Ensure databases are available to users during business working hours and any routine maintenance is performed off hours.
- Install, configure, patch, and upgrade SQL Server.
- Monitor disk space utilization and logs and notify appropriate staff when additional resources are needed.
- Assist staff in setting up, maintaining, backing up and restoring databases in test and development environments.
- Implement and manage SQL Server database replication.
- Monitor replication to ensure the data is being properly replicated.
- Assist in reviewing and modifying a disaster recovery plan that allows for continuation of service.
- Run database jobs, i.e. reorgs, imports and exports, backups, etc.
- Troubleshoot issues and take corrective actions as needed.
- Monitor data integrity to ensure data is not damaged and/or corrupt.
- Create and maintain documentation related to all tasks and provide mentoring/knowledge transfer to other staff within the
Required/Preferred Skills
- 84 Months of experience establishing, maintaining and troubleshooting SQL Server DBMS in an enterprise-wide database within a Windows environment.
- 84 Months of experience establishing, maintaining and troubleshooting SQL Server DBMS that utilize High Availability in a Windows environment.
- 84 Months of experience designing and implementing fast, scalable, and maintainable cubes.
- 60 Months of experience performing SQL Server optimization analysis and implementing resolutions.
- 60 Months of experience performing working with Transact SQL and SQL Server Data.
- 48 Months of experience working with end users providing DB support.
- 48 Months of experience performing optimization analysis and implementing resolutions in SQL Server Analysis Server.
- Bachelor's Degree
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