MS SQL Server Database Administrator

Skills Preferred

Scripting skills to automate routine manual system administration tasks (i.e. Jenkins, Ansible, MS PowerShell); Migrate SQL Servers from on premise to MS Azure; Upgrade SQL Servers to latest version; Set up and configure MS Azure SQL Managed Instance services; Set up and configure MS SQL Server Always on clustering services on SQL Server 2016 and above.

Experience Required

This classification must have a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in systems development, analysis, programming, or testing.

Experience Preferred

Ten or more (10+) years of experience performing SQL Server installations, configurations, management and monitoring, and system administration tasks at the level of a SQL Server Database System Administrator.

Experience managing a large MS SQL Server farm (300+ servers).

Five (5+) years of experience developing scripts to automate routine manual database server functions using tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, or similar tools.

Five (5+) years of experience migrating and upgrading SQL Server to the latest supported version; experience migrating SQL Servers on premise to MS Azure.

Five (5+) years of experience building and managing Azure SQL Managed Instance services.

Five (5+) years of experience building, configuring, and managing MS SQL Server Always on clustering services.

Experience validating and implementing security protocols following vendor and best practices.

Five (5+) years of experience working with Commvault Backup client as a tool to perform SQL Server database Backup and Restore including the experience managing SQL Server backup and restore in native SQL Server Management Studio.

Education Required

This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field.

Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Education Preferred

Any Cloud certifications such as Certifications in Azure Fundamentals and above;

Certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner and above;

Certifications in Microsoft Professional certifications;

Professional Google Cloud certifications.

Additional Information

A Hybrid work schedule (on premise/Telework) option will be considered and can be discussed during the interview process.

After-hour work may be required to minimize customer service disruptions

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