SQL Server DBA

SQL Server Database Administrator - 6 Month Contract (Extensions Likely) - Valencia

Our client, an exciting international organisation, are looking to fill a long-term SQL Server Database Administrator contract. Working as part of an existing DBA team you will engage with internal stakeholders and external customers as you support the SQL Server environment, performing maintenance, admin and traditional DBA tasks. This will be a rolling 6 month contract and the expectation is it will last for 2 years or longer. There is the potential for remote work but the preference would be for onsite activity in Valencia, Spain.

Our client will review CVs and then hold single stage MS Teams interviews to select a candidate. English is the main language of this client but it is a very international organisation.

SQL Server Database Administrator Responsibilties:

• Installation, configuration and support of SQL Server infrastructures.
• Day-to-day operational support and maintenance including user service requests and service restorations. 
• Assistance in the installation and configuration of new SQL Server infrastructures
• Creation and configuration of databases, users and SQL Agent jobs.
• Configuration and support of SQL disaster recovery synchronizations.
• On-going patching and upgrades of SQL Server instances.
• Migrations of SQL Server environments and consolidation of SQL Server infrastructures.
• Capacity planning and reporting on SQL storage requirements.
• Feasibility assessment, implementation, deployment and support of SQL Server services in Microsoft Public Cloud Azure.
• Stand-by services during weekends, official holidays and outside business hours as required.

SQL Server Database Administrator Requirements:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2019.
• High availability solutions including SQL Server AlwaysOn technology, Failover Clustering (FCI), Availability Groups (AVG).
• Disaster recovery technologies including database mirroring and transaction log shipping.
• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Analysis Services (SSAS), Integration Services (SSIS), and Master Data Services.
• SQL Server Replication technology including snapshot, merge and transactional replications.
• SQL Server backups and database recovery procedures including the ability to recover from failed processes and engine crashes.
• Storage technologies, disk arrays, SAN, data storage virtualization technologies (RAID levels, virtual fiber switches).
• T-SQL and PowerShell scripting.
• Advanced SQL Server troubleshooting skills.
• SQL Server performance monitoring, tuning, query optimization, data segregation, SQL Server Distributed Replay, Activity and Resource Monitor, SQL Profiler.
• SQL Server database encryption.
• SQL Server security (users, logins, roles).
• Public Cloud concepts and integration of SQL Server environments into Microsoft Cloud.

If you have the SQL server background and are looking for a new challenge in 2022 then please get in touch now. 

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