Overview
Remote
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Able to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
MSSQL database architecture
AWS
AWS EC2
AWS RDS
Job Details
Title: - MS SQL Database Admin
Location US - Remote
Min Experience 10+ years
(Contract to Hire 6 Months)
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Please find below the MSSQL JD.
- The candidate should have strong expertise in MSSQL database architecture and large-scale migrations from on-premises data centers to AWS, including EC2- and RDS-based deployments.
- Experience should include end-to-end database migration lifecycle, covering assessment, migration strategy, schema conversion, data transfer, validation, and post-migration optimization.
- Hands-on experience with cross-account and cross-region database migrations leveraging AWS DMS, native backup/restore, and replication mechanisms.
- Install, configure, upgrade, and patch MS SQL Server databases and RDS. Well-versed in resolving security violations on MSSQL servers/DB/RDS.
- Perform regular database maintenance tasks, including backups, indexing, and integrity checks.
- Design, implement, and regularly test disaster recovery plans to ensure minimal downtime on on-premises installations.
- Manage and automate backup processes, ensuring data availability and integrity, using native and 3rd party backup tools like Rubrik, AWS Backup service, and S3.
- Monitor database performance and proactively tune databases, optimizing SQL queries, indexes, and configurations.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring high availability and fast response times.
- Design, implement, and manage high-availability solutions, including SQL Server clustering, Always-On Availability Groups, and database mirroring.
- Configure and monitor replication strategies such as transactional replication, merge replication, and log shipping to ensure data availability across environments.
- Troubleshoot and resolve high availability and replication issues, minimizing downtime and data loss.
- Good Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), such as EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, backup services, and other offerings.
- It is good to have experience with other AWS Aurora and RDS (Like Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySql).
- Candidate should have 12+ years of experience with the MSSQL database, preferably certified in MSSQL and ASW.
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