Database Administrator

Cinemark•Plano, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Cinemark is seeking top talent in its Information Technology department to join our team as a Database Administrator. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded Database Administrator who primarily specializes in Microsoft SQL Server administration with familiarity with other database platforms and enjoys a technical challenge as well as creative engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, SQL Server certifications, or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator
Solid understanding/experience securing MS SQL server
Experience managing database servers both on premises along with cloud environments utilizing virtualization or PaaS services, such as Azure SQL.
Experience with Postgres SQL
Experience with Azure cloud management, including familiarity with Power BI, Fabric, or Synapse
Experience with securely linking MS SQL servers
Experience with MS SQL data replication
Experience resolving MS SQL performance issues
Understanding of MS SQL tuning (including storage allocation, scheduled tasks)
Experience with MS SQL maintenance plans
Strong MS SQL troubleshooting skills
Solid scripting capabilities (PowerShell, Python, etc.)
Strong skills related to automated maintenance plans
Breadth of experience with databases of various sizes and criticality
Experience with modifying stored procedures, triggers, and database designs in a production environment
Good understanding of Indexing and its impact on server performance
Solid communication skills/ability to create documentation for non-MS SQL specialists
Ability to discover problems in a large multi-facet environment, and then convince management to acquire resources to solve issues
Ability to take ownership and create good documentation
Ability to take ownership of an issue and take it to completion
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Ability to install and configure new SQL Servers/SSRS instances and upgrade existing instances
Ability to work with other teams on server level issues to prevent/resolve issues as needed
Firm comfort level with learning new things
Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
Customer service-oriented mentality
Experience with Active Directory
Broad, general systems administration experience
Ability to multitask
Ability to write documentation for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
Experience with managing many production databases

Responsibilities

Responsible for the health, changes to, creation and administration of databases in the production environment
Tier two support for remote SQL databases, as well as participate in planning meetings
Participate in general systems administration
Own, track and resolve database related incidents and requests, performance tuning, backups, patching, and remediation of security vulnerabilities
Focus on managing and resolving issues
Manage backup and recovery processes to ensure recovery timelines can be met
Assist application development team in environmental restores
Notification/Alerts management and resolution (e.g. SQL Agent Job Failures, Capacity Shortages, System Outages, etc.)
Fluent understanding of basic database instance maintenance tasks (e.g. DB Integrity Checks, Index Maintenance, etc.)
Ability to configure security within established guidelines and perform related task/audits
Work with business stakeholders on internal and third-party audits
Deployment of database change scripts provided by application development team
Advise developers on the most efficient database design (tables, datatypes, stored procedures, etc.)
Build and maintain documentation related to the company’s database environment
Initiating and performing changes in production systems