Job Type: Contract Inside IR 35

Duration: 6 months

Work Location: Hybrid, London.

Job Summary:

A highly motivated and results-oriented MS SQL Database Administrator, who can independently lead and be responsible for a variety of tasks related to the administration, maintenance, and optimization of Microsoft SQL Server databases hosted at on-prem/cloud. The person should be a team player to closely work with other IT team members/stakeholders, ensuring smooth operation and performance of the database systems and technology landscape for futureproofing.

Responsibilities:

• Good understanding of database architecture, design, and best practices.
• Expertise in MS SQL Server administration, configuration, and maintenance.
• Good experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO) of query, database and server, using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
• Experience with backups, restoration, and recovery models.
• Knowledge of Analysis services, cubes, data-warehousing.
• Good Experience on reporting services packages implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience on SSIS packages implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Sound experience on High Availability (HA) [clustering, AlwaysOn, mirroring) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to organize and plan work independently
• Ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities and teams
• Experience of Database auditing and security.
• Experience of database migration, upgradation, and patching.
• Driving the cloud Solutioning on Azure/AWS for large complex implementation
• Plan Storage and Capacity Management and create logical models and build physical models
• Create and maintain database documentation
• Assist with the development and implementation of new database systems
• Stay up-to-date on the latest Microsoft SQL Server technologies and best practices
• ITIL knowledge. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 10-16 years of experience in database administrator role
• Strong understanding of Microsoft SQL Server, including My-SQL
• Experience with database administration tools and utilities
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Good to have:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: SQL Server Database Administrator Associated

Configuring and Administering Security/Policies/Resource Governing/Azure Key Vault.

MCTS, MCITP, and/or MVP certifications