Snr Database Administrator

**What will you do?**
- The DBA will design, install, configure, administer, monitor, and troubleshoot all components of the MSSQL platform including the core database as well as the additional components and functionality.
- The DBA will also be responsible for security administration as well as administration tasks related to SDLC.
- The DBA will also be expected to consult with developers and other parties to ensure the appropriate design and implementation in line with business requirements. The DBA is expected to continuously improve knowledge on the use and operation of the MSSQL DMBS system.
- The DBA will also do monitoring, maintenance and operational support of SQL BI environment and deployments of SSIS, SSRS, PBI, SSAS in various environments.
- The DBA will support and further enhance ETL, Reporting and Analysis processes as required for the companies Internal Data Platform. The Internal Data Platform comprises of centralizing Data Consumption, Capacity Management and Billing in regard to companies Services.

**What will make you successful in this role?**
- DBMS Knowledge

**MS SQL**
- Working knowledge of SQL Server, Sound working knowledge of the operating system SQL reside on and SQL’s usage of underlying infrastructure.
- Knowledge of general database concepts
- Understanding up to SQL Server 2017
- Working knowledge and understanding of SQL 2012 to 2019
- Working knowledge and sound understanding of all available products, services and resources in the SQL Server suite of products
- Knowledge to advise and execute on integration to the MS SQL environment including REST, SOAP, ODBC, JDBC, ODBO and other MSSQL supported connectors

**MS Business Intelligence**
- GIT: Knowledge of code repositories and code management and their integration into IDE such as Visual Studio 2019
- Visual Studio IDE knowledge in regard to BI tool-sets (SSIS, SSRS, Database Projects)
- SSIS: Support and develop project or package model ELT processes. Deploy to SSISDB\Catalog and environments.
- SSRS: Support and develop SSRS paginated reports with particularization and integrate with stored procedures.
- SSAS: Support and develop tabular or dimensional models and deploy these models to environments.
- PBI: Support and develop PBI Models and deploy to various environments.

**Core outputs**

**Responsibilities**
- Complete Jira development requests for SSIS SSRS SSAS PBI processes where required in the (IDP) Internal Data Platform with regards to Data Consumption, Capacity management and Billing pipelines.
- Handle incident and support request with regards to SSIS SSRS SSAS PBI in the various environments.
- Deploy via change management processes, changes to SSIS SSRS SSAS PBI environments for our clients
- Implementation of New Databases in line with design, including installation of DBMS
- Assistance with database design together with Client
- Design of supporting functions to ensure a functioning database (e.g. backup, replication, patching)
- Design of supporting processes to ensure a functioning database (e.g. user access, performance monitoring
- Response to analysis of Incidents of database
- Perform patching of database
- Troubleshooting of incidents and events up to second level
- Escalation of performance, security or availability issues
- Engage database vendor on troubleshooting urgent or complex incidents or events and troubleshoot till resolution
- Ensure data recover-ability, database availability, data integrity, agreed level of performance and capacity planning for physical databases.
- Research on latest practices related to the deployment and support of DBMS
- DBA performance enhancements
- Process enhancements and improvements in supporting the database
- Assist overall troubleshooting and incident resolution on group wide outages.
- Ensure documentation of database design and work practices (e.g. DR design, database design, installation instruction)
- Reference best practices of DBMS reference documentation
- Establish and execute policies to ensure data in database conform to Regulations and relevant company policies and the maintenance of data (including data deletion)
- Create database scripts to assist in the operation of the database
- Troubleshoot Security administration components including LDAP and Kerberos
- User and security administration on the DBMS
- Create and change users, assign and remove role assignments, perform password resets, lock and unlock accounts.
- Create and change security roles by adding and removing relevant permissions
- Create, change and troubleshoot analytical privileges (data dependent authorizations)
- Troubleshoot security issues
- Log reviews and ongoing reviews of user privileges to databases
- Design and execute process required to promote code and structures between databases in line with SLDC and company policies
- Create design and execute instructions for refresh of data in Dev and QA databases
- Design, and set up of monitoring tools of the DBMS
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