Database Administrator II

Job Description

Job Purpose/Summary NCR Atleos is seeking a MS SQL DBA with Azure SQL experienced who will provide support for highly available SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will be articulate and approachable and have practical/working knowledge of clustering, log shipping, mirroring, replication, and Always On availability groups as methods used to meet business needs. The ideal candidate must also be able to troubleshoot time sensitive production issues in a timely manner. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Experience working in large Azure environments, spanning multiple accounts/subscriptions, availability zones, and regions. Experience to Azure IaaS & PaaS Services, experience in migration of workloads to cloud and understanding of Azure native services and disk pooling. Experience in managing SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014 ,2016 and 2019 as well as sun setting older databases/versions. Experience to configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security. Install, monitor for, download and apply upgrades, updates and fixes database software on servers as needed. Monitor databases for performance and issues using monitoring tools. Good Experience in backups, restores, recovery models, database shrink operations, DBCC commands. Experience with Always On design, Availability groups, replication, log shipping, mirroring and storage replication technologies. Knowledge of SQL Server tools (Profiler, DTA, SSMS, SAC, SSCM, PerfMon, DMVs, system procs) Ability to set priorities and follow project schedules. Checking Alert Log files for Internal Database Activity, and related issues. Proactive action on the alerts. Owning, tracking and resolving database related incidents and requests, fulfilling requests and resolving incidents within SLAs Highly self-motivated and excellent time management skills. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Works independently with general supervision, exercises judgment within defined guidelines and practices to determine appropriate action. Core Competencies and Skills Ability to work independently as well as with a team of onshore and offshore resources. Team player and acts both as a player. Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree/experience and relevant working experience. Experience Minimum 5+ years of experience as MS SQL database administrator. Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2019 required. Experience with Azure SQL in a multi-region configuration Expertise Microsoft SQL Server on VM, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL. Success criteria and performance measures Demonstrates collaboration with multiple teams for successful solutions. Adheres to standards and guidelines. Continually monitors creative product to ensure it conforms to the existing environments. Flexible work hours and provide 24x7 support for critical production systems.