Position : SQL Database Administrator
Location : Baltimore, MD Onsite
Duration : Long term contract
Description
- Establishes and maintains database performance standards; monitors system usage; analyzes database performance and performs system optimization tasks to maintain data availability and ensure system responsiveness to user queries.
- Devises and maintains data security and integrity standards; implements security access levels in accordance with management specifications.
- Diagnoses and resolves database system performance problems.
- Archive data; maintains archival and active records; performs data back-up and recovery.
- Evaluates system and user needs and makes recommendations for increased system capacity.
- Plans and implements database conversion projects and the migration and upgrade of databases to new versions and servers.
- Monitors network traffic and communications usage patterns; configures or modifies network configuration to meet system demands and capacity planning needs.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
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- Knowledge of principles and practices of database development, management, warehousing and administration.
- Knowledge of hierarchical and relational database management system software programming languages.
- Knowledge of operating system software.
- Knowledge of database security practices to monitor, control and evaluate user access, logons, permissions and related variables.
- Knowledge of methods for ensuring, protecting and resolving problems involving the security of information systems.
- Knowledge of archival, back-up and recovery methods.
- Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server.
- Experience with Azure SQL (Azure SQL Database or Managed Instance), including security administration, monitoring, and backup/recovery in Azure.
- Familiarity with Azure data tools such as Azure Data Factory or Azure Database Migration Service for moving data from legacy systems into SQL Server.
- Skill in developing database queries and generating reports.
- Ability to interview users and extract pertinent information for development of database query system and report generation, database model design and upgrades.
- Ability to implement, control and evaluate database management systems.
- Ability to prepare user documentation and train users in database capabilities and procedures for accessing data.
- Ability to analyze, apply logic and solve technology
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