SQL DBA, Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid-1, 2 days a week), Duration:12+ Months contract

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Role: 158630 SQL DBA

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid-1, 2 days a week).

NEED ONLY MI LOCALS

Experience: 8 Years

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Job description:

SQL Database Administrator

• Responsible for reviewing and complying with policies and procedures.
• Responsible for data analysis and database management. Involved in
  
  

maintenance, enhancement, designing of data dictionaries, physical and logical

database models, and performance tuning. Knowledge of or gain knowledge in

the utilities and production tools used for data storage management to support

the Applications Proficiency in PowerShell or Python.

• Designs logical and physical databases reviews description of changes to
  
  

database design to understand how changes to be made affect physical data

base.

• Establishes physical database parameters. Uses structured query language
  
  

(SQL) to define database objects using database definition language (DDL) and

control access to database objects using data control language (DCL). Language

descriptions and specifies identifiers of database-to-database management

systems or directs others in coding database descriptions. Calculating optimum

values for database parameters, such as amount of computer memory to be

used by database, following manuals and using calculations. Specifies user

access level for each segment of one or more data items, such as insert, replace,

retrieve, or delete data. Specifies which users can access databases and what

data can be accessed by user. Tests and corrects errors, and refines changes to

database.

• Enters SQL to create production database. Uses database utility programs and
  
  

3rd party utilities to monitor database performance, such as distribution of

records and amount of available memory. Directs programmers and analysts to

make changes to database management system.

• Reviews and corrects programs. Answers user questions. Confers with
  
  

coworkers to determine impact of database changes on other systems and staff

cost for making changes to database. Modifies database programs to increase

processing performance, referred to as performance tuning. Workers typically

specialize in one or more types of database management systems.

• Aiding in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated
  
  

database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new

applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database

environment.

• Evaluates users'' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them
  
  

into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance.

Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy,

loads databases, and reorganizes as needed. Performs data modeling and

prototyping. Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational

database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models.

Performs security recovery procedures. Determines and implements database

search strategies and storage requirements. Maintains data dictionary ensuring

uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary. Monitors

database performance and recommends efficiency improvements. Creates test

database environment for applications section, including the creation of

necessary libraries and procedures.

• Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases
  
  

from hardware and software failures within established procedures. Assists with

determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and

with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems. Assists with

the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and

implementing databases. Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of

databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security.

Assists in the selection of database management software. Experience in

computer systems analysis or computer programming work.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming
  
  

and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of

project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming

languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures

and theories; and of current database technologies.

Requirements:

Database Administration Backup & Recovery:

• Required. 3–5 years - Implement native, cloud-native, and hybrid cross-site
  
  

backup and recovery strategies. Installation & Configuration:

• Required. 3–5 years - Configure SQL Server on physical hardware, VMs, and
  
  

cloud IaaS virtual machines.

Security & Compliance:

• Required. 3–5 years. Enforce data masking, encryption (TDE), and Row-Level
  
  

Security for internal customers.

Database Maintenance:

• Required. 3–5 years. Manage automated indexing, statistics, and integrity checks
  
  

across fragmented environments.

• PowerShell / CLI Automation: Required. 2–3 years. Automate hybrid environment
  
  

configuration using PowerShell, dba tools, and Cloud CLIs.

Performance Tuning & Monitoring Hybrid Performance Monitoring:

• Required. 2–3 years. Analyze metrics across physical servers, IaaS VMs, and
  
  

PaaS endpoints.

• Query & Index Optimization: Required. 3–5 years. Identify bottlenecks, rewrite T-
  
  

SQL, and resolve locking/blocking issues.

Hybrid Infrastructure Management:

• Required. 2–3 years. Manage connectivity between on-premises SQL Servers
  
  

and cloud environments.

Azure SQL / AWS RDSS:

• Required. 2–3 years. Configure Azure SQL Database, Managed Instances, or
  
  

AWS RDS SQL Server. Cloud Migration: Preferred. 1–2 years. Move workloads

from on premises to cloud using Azure Database Migration Service or AWS

SMS.

CI/CD & Database Versioning:

• Preferred. 1–2 years. Schema deployment automation via Azure DevOps/GitHub
  
  

Actions using Flyway or Redgate. Multi-Tenant