Principal Database Administrator
Position Purpose
This position will be responsible for transformation of enterprise SQL data platform, implementing solutions.
Job Description
- Work with the development team to analyse the need of storage and backup space in production servers based on usage.
- Support software installation and maintenance – Initial installation and configuration of new SQL. Servers based on industry best practice, apply patches and upgrade to SQL Servers as required. Manage data transfers to new platforms and setup replications where needed.
- Create backup and recovery plans and procedures based on industry best practices. Analyse and recommend database services most suited to project requirements.
- Proactively tune and optimise the database to operate at maximum efficiency. This could be configurations changes, indexing the DB or help the developers tune their queries to improve performance.
- Support the operations team in resolving issues with DB, work with Infrastructure team to restore data or connectivity issues. Security monitoring – Identify and analyse potential weaknesses and recommend/implement best practices to minimize risks. Analyse logs for possible damage in case of breach.
- Monitor DB performance for any issue and make changes in the configurations and provide recommendation for hardware capacity.
- Automation of routine processes using T-SQL, PowerShell and\or other scripting languages.
Experience and Qualification
- Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science/IT.
- 05 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL database systems required.
- Experience in Microsoft SQL database architecture, logical and physical design, automation, documentation, installs, shell scripting, T-SQL programming, backup & recovery, monitoring, and database and query tuning.
Specific Requirements
- Ability to think outside the box and challenge existing processes and practices.
- A positive team player that is enthusiastic, energetic and creative.
- Good communication skills with an ability to convey technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
- Confident self-starter, with strong attention to detail.
- Mentor and guide the wider DBA & Master Data team.
- Good Collaboration and Team Ethic skills.
- Strong Stakeholder Management.
- Good business acumen / Customer focus.
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Company: Bestway Consultancy Services
Location: Islamabad
Department: Information Technology
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