Advanced SQL Database Administrator
About The Position
The Advanced Database Administrator is responsible for maintaining ISN’s SQL Servers and SQL Databases (both virtual machine-based and cloud-based), Azure Cosmos DB, migrating IaaS-based workloads and systems to PaaS/SaaS, helping development teams with deployments, and helping maintain uptime for ISN’s application environments. ISN has multiple large web applications written in ASP. Net, and the DBA team supports over 300 individual SQL Server databases in Production environments. This position is responsible for maintaining the environment, supporting and maintaining the SQL Server databases, and promptly responding to the ISN Products team’s requests for tuning, optimization, and other database support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited university and/or equivalent work experience
- 3+ years of experience in troubleshooting SQL Server availability issues related to clustering, Always On, SQL replication
- 3+ years of experience managing SQL jobs, including database maintenance jobs (backups, index maintenance)
- 1+ years of experience in administering SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
- 1+ years of experience in administering and supporting Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
- 1+ years managing SQL Servers using Powershell
- Strong knowledge of high availability and data movement technologies such as AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Change Data Capture, SQL Replication, SQL Clustering, along with disaster recovery concepts (RPO/RTO).
Nice To Haves
- Azure certifications are strongly preferred (AZ-900, DP-300)
Responsibilities
- Maintain, monitor, and manage the SQL Server databases in all application environments
- Troubleshoot availability issues related to clustering on Windows Server, SQL Server on Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Server Managed Instances, AlwaysOn Readable Secondaries, AlwaysOn Availability Groups, SQL replication, SQL Failover Groups
- Troubleshoot performance, locking, and blocking issues within SQL Server databases, tempdb, virtual machines
- Proactively and reactively resolve database performance and capacity issues, including managing indexes, SQL trace data, Extended Events, audits, and alerting
- Manage SQL Server jobs and Windows scheduled tasks
- Perform safe upgrades and migrations for IaaS-based SQL Servers
- Automate routine tasks, alert response using PowerShell, SQL, .NET, or other tools
Benefits
- 100% company-paid monthly insurance premiums for employees and dependents
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Employee assistance program
- 4% retirement matching
- Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Paid time off
- 13 paid holidays
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement
- Complimentary parking space or monthly reimbursement for DART public transportation
- Team-building activities and events, including quarterly kick-off meetings and community volunteer day
- Matching charitable gift program
- Professional development & training opportunities
- Wellness Program: Focuses on community, financial, mental, nutrition, physical and social health
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
