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Job Title: SQL DBA Engineer
Job Location: Jackson, MI
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Responsibilities:
We are looking for SQL DBA Engineer for our client in Jackson, MI
Job Title: SQL DBA Engineer
Job Location: Jackson, MI
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Responsibilities:
- Oversee technical database operations, including installation, configuration, and migrations.
- Lead and guide team members while ensuring adherence to defined processes and standards.
- Perform SQL Server installations and provide recommendations for new deployments.
- Manage and support SQL Server AlwaysOn clusters for high availability.
- Execute database migrations (Oracle to SQL Server, SQL Server upgrades, and cloud migrations to Azure SQL DB/PaaS platforms).
- Troubleshoot database issues and ensure compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Develop and maintain backup and restoration strategies across multi-geo environments.
- Monitor database performance and identify bottlenecks for optimization.
- Utilize tools such as Commvault for backup management and Quest Foglight for monitoring.
- Implement disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solutions.
- Automate administrative tasks using Batch or PowerShell scripting.
- Ensure maximum system uptime and reliability.
- Recommend design improvements and new technologies to enhance system performance and scalability.
- Strong expertise in SQL Server administration, including installation and configuration.
- Hands-on experience with SQL Server AlwaysOn and high availability solutions.
- Proven experience with database migrations and upgrades across platforms.
- Experience with Azure SQL Database and cloud-based database solutions.
- Knowledge of backup tools such as Commvault and monitoring tools like Quest Foglight.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
- Understanding of disaster recovery planning and execution.
- Familiarity with production support environments and datacenter operations.
- SQL Server Administration.
- AlwaysOn Clustering.
- Database Migration (Oracle, SQL Server, Azure).
- Performance Tuning & Optimization.
- Backup & Recovery (Commvault).
- Monitoring (Quest Foglight).
- PowerShell / Batch Scripting.
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery.
- Experience working on production database systems.
- Hands-on experience with database installation, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
- Knowledge of additional RDBMS platforms such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAP HANA, or SingleStore.
- Familiarity with NoSQL and cloud databases such as Azure Cosmos DB, Redis, or MongoDB.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Leadership and team mentoring ability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work in a multi-geo support environment.