SQL DBA

We have an immediate opening for a full-time/permanent SQL DBA in Fort Worth, TX. This person will be required to work onsite 100% of the time.

Purpose of Role:

Responsible for supporting databases and ensuring their performance, availability, security, and scalability. Will be responsible for the physical design, configuration, and tuning of a critical high-volume system.

Specific Job Description:

• Ensure the availability and performance of the databases. Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure minimum downtime. Work with the System Administration team to sufficiently tune the database environment.
• Proactive and reactive performance analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting, and timely resolution of issues.
• Capacity planning and monitoring database growth. Providing trend analysis to the management team enables them to make informed decisions regarding resource management.
• Regular database capacity planning related to database growth, Always On and system utilization, trend analysis, and predicting future database resource requirements.
• Defining database configuration standards related to performance and sizing for transactional and data warehouse databases.
• Responsible for improving and maintaining the databases to include rollout and upgrades.
• Responsible for implementing and releasing database changes according to agreed timescales and costs.
• Establishes and maintains sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Responsible for database design and implementation, including all elements of database security implementation, user management, and maintenance.
• Performs general technical troubleshooting, problem-solving, and consultations with development teams.
• Manages database using SQL Server Management Studio and other third-party Admin tools.
• Create shell scripts for task automation.
• Mentoring and knowledge transfer to other Windows Engineers.
• Participate in rotational on-call schedule and provide 24x7 support as required.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Understand Application requirements.
• Follows Standard Operating procedures & Best Practices of Database Services group.
• Creates and maintains configuration standards.
• Performs User setup, Backups, and space allocation.
• Proactively monitors space usage and other resources specific to databases
• Provide cross-platform support
• Participates in Team discussions
• Willing to learn new technologies and provide engineering support to the team

Span of Control:

• Has no direct or indirect reports
• Work is performed under general supervision.
• Work is reviewed periodically for soundness of judgment.

Typical Minimum Education & Experience; Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years of related experience.
• 3 or more years of experience in MS SQL 2012 and above as a DBA
• 2 or more years of experience in MS SQL 2014 and above as a DBA
• Must have some MS SQL 2019 experience
• Must have Always On Availability, Powershell, and T-SQL experience
• Oracle Database knowledge is as plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Information services preferred
• Knowledge of Network and connectivity is required.
• Multi-location site experience.
• Disaster Recovery experience for applications and database
• Good interpersonal skills
• Team oriented