Sr. SQL Server DBA

Title/Role: SQL Server DBA

Location: Harrisburg, PA - REMOTE

Duration: Long Term Contract

Interview: Preferably in-person but manager may do virtual via Teams.

This is REMOTE, but candidate may have to report on-site for fingerprinting and picking up equipment.
The manager will work details for equipment pick up in interviews & after selection.
This position is responsible for advanced technical work in all phases of database administration support; development activities (support the application development lifecycle, planning, design, development, implementation, data migration, quality assurance, data cleanup, and data administration) as well as database operations activities (database administration, database security, assuring availability, server and database monitoring, performance monitoring, SQL software installation and configuration, and Service Pack installations).
- Provides Operations support for SQL Database and Database Server administration support for critical production systems.
- Ensures overall health and availability and quality of services
- Perform Health Checks to review the performance of databases to identify and provide recommendations to enhance performance of databases.
- Performs migration and upgrade of SQL Databases from legacy server\SQL Version to new server\SQL Version.
- Performs data migration by designing programs to optimally extract, cleanse, transform, and load data between data sources as part of data migration and data validation support.
- Deploy database schema changes to test and production environments.
- Provide Power BI Support Assistance to the Lead Power BI Administrator.
- Provide Data Warehouse Support Assistance to the Lead Data Warehouse Administrator.
- Provide Data Mart Support Assistance to the Lead Data Mart Administrator.
- Deploying SQL database solutions within Azure
- Securing Azure SQL resources and data
- Interconnecting Azure SQL resources with other Azure services
- Monitoring and optimizing Azure SQL Database performance
- Processes for migrating on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure
- Provides Database Design support.
- Creates, maintains, and supports the logical and/or physical design of assigned databases by utilizing modeling tool to develop the data models.
- Reviews data dictionaries and data models; provides comments in accordance with standards.
- Defines, develops, and creates databases by assessing requirements.
- Design tables through database normalization by efficiently organizing data by eliminating redundant data and ensuring data dependencies’ make sense.
- Meet with developers and vendors to ascertain requirements and to provide consulting assistance to determine the appropriate database configurations.
- Request backup and restore from the backup team.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $91,000.00 - $109,590.00 per year

Experience:

• Database Server administration support: 10 years (Required)

Location:

• Harrisburg, PA (Required)

Work Location: Remote