Azure SQL DBA @ Irving-TX (onsite from Day-1)

Greetings,

 

We have the below requirement with our Client. Kindly go through the JD below and let me know your interest.

 

Position: Azure Application Support DBA

Location: Irving-TX (onsite from Day-1)

Duration: Long Term Contract

 

Need USC, H1B & H4 EAD only.

 

LinkedIn & Passport Number Must for Submission.

 

Need 10+ years exp.

 

 

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Application Support Database Administrator experience (Must:  Azure Managed SQL)
• Install and maintain the performance of database servers.
• Proactively monitoring database performance and troubleshooting issues
• Working cross-functionally with our engineers and analytics professionals to optimize queries, fix performance bottlenecks, improve existing schemas, and design new ones.
• Creating and maintaining change control and testing processes, reviewing, and approving database modifications
• Conducting research and making recommendations on data-related products, services, protocols, and standards; planning for future growth of our data asset
• Reviewing development and deployment processes related to databases and identifying areas of improvement (such as online schema changes)
• Implement appropriate indexes for performance improvement.
• Be available for on-call support as needed.
• Strong command of SQL and SQL server tools
• Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards
• Implement optimal backup and recovery.
• Understand and optimize query performance.
• PowerShell and Unix shell scripting skills
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge
• Design and implement DR plans & HA solutions and recommendations.
• Work closely with the application team to understand what changes are coming in a build/patch/hotfix, do an impact analysis, fine-tune the queries if any.
• Automate the process of deploying DB changes so that we can support this for a new build/patch/hotfix.
• Act as an application DB during the design process.
• Solid understanding of SDLC
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Impeccable attention to detail

 

Desired Skills:

• Hands-on Experience in Azure and Azure Managed SQL.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity experience.
• DBA experience in a 24x7 production environment

 

Good to have:

• Understanding of infrastructure as code paradigm, especially infrastructure using Terraform and/or cloud formation.
• Understanding of containerization and Orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes etc.
• Understanding of monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, New Relic, Dynatrace etc.
• Implementation and Administration of any source code repository
• Familiarity and administration of automated build process.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years total experience in Database Administration.
• Experience with traditional RDBMS like Oracle, SQL and NOSQL like Cassandra or MongoDB or Apache Ignite.
• Experience in Public Cloud platform –Azure.
• Experience with developing and managing applications across multiple data centers is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts and designs to a broad range of people.
• Strong experience in using Agile (Scrum / Kanban / SAFe) project development methodologies.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to changing business and technology landscapes.
• Must have a contagious work ethic; including high sense of urgency to resolve issues quickly, creatively, and efficiently.

 

 

Thanks & Regards

Srujan Burra

Email: srujan@sourcemantra.com

Source Mantra Inc | www.sourcemantra.com

295 Durham Ave, Suite # 201, South Plainfield, NJ 07080

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