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Senior SQL Server DBA - CT-SQL Server DBA-AL

Company iStaff
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, Alabama, Birmingham
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel Not Specified
Published on 10/26/2009
Description
This is an excellent opportunity to join an exciting company that is growing and working with the latest and greatest technologies. There is currently 1 immediate opening at this time. The compensation will depend upon your experience.

Location: Birmingham, AL

KEY NOTES:
Looking for candidate coming from a large corporation who has worked with 100+ databases.
Company has over 450 databases ranging from 50 gigs to 100-200 terabytes
The manager is looking for someone coming from a PERM background
Looking for people who want stability and tenure in an organization.
Wants a DBA purist - not someone who has been a developer and became a DBA
We have some of the top DBA's in the country.

Objective:
The Database Administrator is responsible for the database development and production support for external Web based applications and internal database services.

Responsibilities:
Design, install, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability.
Troubleshoot production processes and solve problems in Real Time
Deploy SQL code to production Servers
Write code for database access, modifications, and constructions including stored procedures.
Work with application development staff to develop database
architectures, coding standards, and quality assurance policies and procedures.
Responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing database policies and procedures to ensure the integrity and availability of databases and their accompanying software.
Support the production database systems and respond to and resolve production issues.
Responsible for code reviews of developer-written SQL code.
Monitor database system details within the database, including stored
procedures and execution plans, and implement efficiency improvements.
Estimate effort to complete software development activities and provide input that adds value to the management of software development projects.
Understand the cost and time constraints imposed on assigned tasks & alert before an overrun occurs.
Work with the Requirements/Product Management group to assure business needs are met through the implementation process.
Work with the SQA group to assure best quality and rapid turnaround for changes that surface during testing.
Design and execute database maintenance procedures
Organize work priorities and manage time effectively.

Basic Qualifications - MUST MEET ALL BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Preferred Skills:
Designing and maintaining large scale production SQL Server database systems
Good communications skills and able to problem solve
Positive, enthusiastic, energetic and self-motivated
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Exceptional analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail
Proficient in T-SQL, stored procedures, views and table design
Replication
Database Disaster Recovery and Planning
SQL Server profiler and Windows performance monitor
Disk and Server configuration for SQL Server
Experience with Software Development Lifecycle
Strong communication skills

To apply for this role please send your Resume to (see below)

istaff is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.

Required Skills:
College degree in the field of computer science and/or 4 years equivalent work experience
7 years experience with database structures, theories, principles, and practices
5 years Demonstrated recent experience in Microsoft SQL Server production support
5 years experience with query tuning, database maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server production systems

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Experience/Skills
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