Senior SQL DBA

1 week ago

Midrand, South Africa Datacentrix Full time
Datacentrix is looking for a certified Senior SQL DBA to be based at our Midrand office. The candidate will be responsible for the provision of day-to-day database administration and support in a large corporation with a multiple database environments, including resolution of database problems, data backup and restore, and the production of database performance statistics.

Qualifications:
  • Matric and IT Diploma/Degree
  • MCSE - Certified Solutions Expert.
  • Certified Solutions Associate: SQL Server
  • Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator

Functional Support:
  • Oversee the maintenance, configuration, and implementation of everything that has to do with databases.
  • Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues.
  • Performance troubleshooting with recommended improvements.
  • Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
  • Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems.
  • Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.
  • Perform database transaction and security audits.
  • Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels.
  • Develop routines for end-users to facilitate best practices database use.
  • Provide solution to any complex IT related challenges in the organization
Enterprise Tasks
  • Benchmark, analyse and test new technologies.
  • SQL flavour requirements, upgrades and downgrades (Enterprise through to Express).
  • Data and/or server migrations.
  • High Availability assessments and best-fit application (AOHA and Failover).
  • Disaster recover assessment and best-fit application (AOHA, log shipping, mirroring and replication)
  • SQL patching and Rollup installations and planning.
  • Facilitate enterprise integrations with SXi and other vendors
  • Evaluate new software releases and products.
  • Ensure regular updates, plan future rollouts.
Data Maintenance:
  • SQL server configuration for Data Warehousing and capacity planning.
  • Backup and recovery strategies (PIT and PID, Restore point objective and restore time objective).
  • Database hardware requirements (Capacity Planning).
Reporting and Continuous Improvement:
  • Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases.
  • Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs.
  • Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
  • Keep up with trends in the constantly evolving information technology industry.
  • Perform regular IT audit to discover areas of weaknesses and fortify them.
Administration and Knowledge:
  • High Availability health checks and regular failover tests.
  • DMV maintenance – Outdated index updates and tuning of existing.
  • SQL performance monitoring (General, Locks, Buffer) managers.
  • Troubleshoot integration packages execution failure.
  • Troubleshoot SSAS packages job failure executed the previous night.
  • Review error mails on replication errors and spot check a few instances.
  • Keep QA and DEV databases up-to-date with PROD for testing.
  • Deploy new/existing code and patches for SQL to running software (C++/C#).
  • Storage management (Log and log files that needs shrinking).
  • Verify SQL backups to disk.
  • Design, architect, and build SQL solutions from determining business requirements.
  • Write and troubleshoot complex stored procedures used to manage SQL environments.
  • Develop innovation, strategies, processes, and best practices.

Human Resources
  • Manage and mentor small team of DBAs.
  • Work closely with programming staff on database design changes to meet business requirements.
  • Delegate duties and tasks within the team
  • Review completed tasks to ascertain compliance with standards.

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