SQL Server DBA

Database Admin(DBA)

Location: 100% Remote(must be comfortable to work according to PST hours)

Duration: 1-year long(extendible)

Interviews: Initial Video interview + 1 or 2 end client interviews

Job Description:
Scope of Work: This DBA Sr contractor position provides analysis, design, development, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting for our databases and servers (On-Prem and Azure Cloud). This position also must be able to do PBIRS Server Admin. This will be a mix of production support work, standard maintenance, as well as small to large projects.
Required Skills and Abilities:

• Seven (7) years of IT DBA experience.
  Azure Cloud experience (Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Synapse, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Azure Boards, Azure Blob Storage, etc)
  Snowflake on Azure Commercial experience preferred
  The skills:
  * Advanced experience with Azure, Azure DevOps, Azure Data Lake, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure SQL Server
  * Advanced experience doing DBA work both On-Prem and Azure Cloud
  * Advanced experience working with developers to build ETLs for loading data for reporting
  * Advanced experience in PBIRS server administration, upgrades, and support
  * Tableau Server administration experience preferred
  The work:
  * Develop large-scale databases and data warehousing
  * Perform database architecture and develop technical standards for large-scale databases for our data warehouse (SQL Server and Azure) on countywide or multi-department platforms.
  * Troubleshoot problems and provide technical assistance to developers and database users.
  * Provide project management and work with other departments or outside agencies to integrate data from multiple database platforms and data providers.
  * Formulate scope and objectives for database projects; define outcomes; develop and recommend solutions; problem solve and build consensus with management, customers, and vendors to negotiate project priorities and outcomes.
  * Maintain integrity and security of databases; coordinate and perform database software installations, upgrades, and patches.
  * Design, implement, and schedule physical and logical database backups; plan and perform database restoration and recovery.
  * Develop database scripts and triggers; migrate data between database environments (development, testing, and production).
  * Monitor, adjust, and optimize space utilization and database performance.
  * Act as an expert in database architecture and technical standards for large-scale databases and data warehousing
  Experience that provides a plus:
  * Snowflake experience
  * Power BI experience
  * Tableau experience