Job Title : Database Administrator
Location : Lansing, MI
Contract : 12 Months
Summary :
As a Database Administrator, the resource, participates in 24×7 software and hardware support for complex applications in several versions of SQL Server, with high availability and Disaster Recovery support, following industry and DTMB development standards. Helps develop and/or submit for approval, plans for installation, patch management maintenance, upgrades and support for the Database systems. . Evaluate impacts of change and new technology, recommend solutions to persistent problems, and serves as Agency Services liaison to external consultants.
Individual tasks related to the duty:
- Follow and enforce database standards, policies & procedures. Research and draft guidelines within the boundaries of current policies and standards.
- Monitor space allocation across databases. perform adjustments in test and development environments as necessary and as prescribed by predefined standards/guidelines.
- Calculate disk space requirements for existing and/or new installations of existing business needs
- Modify DBMS parameters based on capacity changes.
- Configure and execute database integrity checks.
- Monitor for database integrity checks.
- Install database base management software for development and test environments.
- Install database patches and service packs for development and test environments.
- Monitor and support clustered database environments.
- Monitor and support database replication and backup environments.
- Implement the strategy to release unused space or repair fragmentation in test and development environments.
- Execute (run) scripts provided by Systems Analysts or Database Architect/Designer for creating and modifying database objects (tables, views, constraints, indexes, etc.)
- Monitor database back-ups to ensure recoverability. Troubleshoot backup errors.
- Monitor database jobs and scheduled processes in development, test and production environments. Participate in troubleshooting.
- Monitor database environments (using alert logs, trace files, alert mechanisms, and other tools) for issues and problems with database functionality, connectivity, or downtime.
- Follow standards and guidelines for database space allocation based on best practices and implementation considerations based on business requirements.
Required Skills :
- 5+ years of Database administration specifically on SQL Server 16 and upwards.
- 3+ years of experience creating, updating and maintaining systems documentation.
- Expertise in HA and DR solutions.
- Transparent Data Encryption within SQL Server.