SQL SERVER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Company: Overall Parts Solutions (OPS)
Location: Grand Prairie
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

Overall Parts Solutions, Inc. (OPS) is providing opportunities for talented SQL Server Database Administrators. At OPS, the DBA will be responsible for maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the company's core mission-critical data infrastructure and supporting resources. As a member of the Information Technology team, the candidate will work directly with management to ensure that business objectives are met through properly implemented data architectures. Other responsibilities include: * Design and maintain cloud (AWS) data infrastructure. * Ensure availability and performance of the databases. Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure minimum downtime. Work with the System Administration team to ensure the database environment is sufficiently tuned. * Pro-active and reactive performance analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting and timely resolution of issues. * Capacity planning and monitoring database growth. Providing trend analysis to management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding resource management. * Regular database capacity planning related to database growth and system utilization, trend analysis and predicting future database resource requirements. * Defining database configuration standards related to performance and sizing for both transactional and data warehouse databases. * Improvement and maintenance of the databases to include roll-out and upgrades. * Implementation and release of database changes according to agreed timescales and costs. * Install, upgrade, configure, and evaluate SQL Server features and related products. * Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures. * Database design and implementation, including all elements of database security implementation, user management and maintenance. * Perform general technical troubleshooting, problem solving and consultations to development teams. * Manage databases using SQL Server management Studio and other third-party Admin tools. * Understand application requirements. * Follow standard operating procedures and best practices of database services group. * Create and maintain configuration standards. * Install and configure binaries for RDBMS MS SQL. * Perform user setup, backups and space allocation. * Proactively monitor space usage and other resources specific to databases. * Provide cross platform support. * Participate in team discussions. * Willing to learn new technologies and provide engineering support to the team. Professional Traits * Ability to configure and maintain personal development environments. * Strong analytical thinking. * Ability to work independently with little direction. Education and/or Experience * Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field. * 6+ years of DBA experience. * 2+ years of practical application of AWS services and resources.

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