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Senior Microsoft SQL Database Administrator
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- Contract Duration 6 Months
Job Duties:
- Senior Microsoft SQL Database Administrator provides Primary DBA (Database Administration) responsibilities including support of the various application development teams through advising on design, implementing solutions, and optimizing databases for the applications.
- Working as an MS SQL Server (Microsoft’s Database offering) expert for the firm
- Evaluating and Adopting features in new releases of the MS SQL Server product
- Work closely with Engineers across all Business Units to design, develop, and optimize databases for diverse application workloads
- Senior Microsoft SQL Database Administrator provides support for Database (RDBMS) standardization programs from design, development, and implementation
- Installation, configuration, upgrade, and maintenance of DBMS environment
- Design and implement database security controls in order to safeguard firms' data
- Provide production support, capacity planning and work on building the database infrastructure globally
- Manage various OS and database-specific upgrades on Windows/Linux environment
- Build self-service and automation tools using scripts/programs (ex. PowerShell) in order to reduce manual processing in providing low-touch offerings
- Working closely with Microsoft Engineering and Product support teams to provide feedback as well as new feature requirements as per the firm’s development needs
Skills:
Basic Qualifications
- Required Technical Qualifications – Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or another Engineering field and 5 years of experience in a related role
- 5+ years in Database design, Replication, Stored procedures, SQL performance and tuning and all aspects of high-value add applications database support.
- 5+ years of Relational Database development, troubleshooting, and design for highly concurrent applications
- Ability to partner with application developers to negotiate and confidence to influence and promote database standardized solutions
- Excellent analytical skills in understanding complex issues and devising specific database solutions for global applications
- Experience with highly transactional system
- Detailed knowledge of Always On and Clustering
- Has worked migrating SQL Servers from on-premise to Cloud (AWS specifically a plus)
- Ability to set up, configure, and monitor SQL Server replication with complex patterns
- Skilled in evaluating and tuning SQL for performance enhancement
Benefits:
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About The Company:
- Our client is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, headquartered in New York, with offices in all major financial centers around the world. With the belief that progress is everyone’s business, they commit their people, capital, and ideas to help their clients, shareholders, and the communities they serve to grow.
- Diversity is essential to our client’s mission as a firm: it lets them remain at the edge of innovation, respond to the needs of their clients, and ensure that their people can work at their maximum potential.
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