Database SME

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

SME
Subject Matter Expert
Cloud Computing
Computer Networking
Database
Disaster Recovery
FOCUS
Microsoft Azure
PaaS
SQL Azure
Azure

Job Details

Role: Database SME

Location: Richardson / Chicago, IL, TX

Duration: 6-12 Months

Interview: Phone/MS-Teams/F2F

The candidate is going to have to be hybrid in Richardson TX or Chicago IL.

Note: This manager is a tough interviewer. He will get really deep into the weeds on a technical interview. He has had serious issues with contractors working multiple jobs and that is not acceptable. He also discovered a contractor that actually had someone else doing his work therefore he is requiring hybrid.

Description:

To clarify about the candidate we are looking for: This is NOT an operational role.

We are looking for engineering focus with cloud PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) databases, build environment standards, help team in automation efforts as database SME, recommend best practices for networking and security. Typically that we want to avoid are Operations focused candidates, mostly doing On-Premises work and doing keep the lights on work.

a) Install, deploy and configure Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance and related technologies

b) Provide recommendations to application team on which database use for the production use cases

c) Work with automation engineers and provide database options to setup infrastructure as code for provisioning

d) Setup standards for setting up databases in azure along with networking best practices

e) Establish good security practices and standards associated with it

f) Support production Database Administrators to understand the Azure PaaS options and setup using best practices

g) Disaster Recovery setup

h) Understand Azure platform well to know the different options for database setup

i) Assist with automation and infrastructure as code efforts with the team as database Subject Matter Expert

j) Experience with azure networking and security

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