Our client is a top Sustainable Healthcare and management Provider Group who is hunting for an industry-respected, SQL Database Administrator to be part of their System Integration Division.
If you looking to work on cutting-edge Technologies and exciting projects, this is a fantastic opportunity where you will be required to create the best possible environment for teams with clear targets and direction! Apply Now!!
Minimum requirements and Key Competencies:
- Relevant 3-year IT qualification (BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems) or 3 Year National Diploma in Information Systems)
- MS SQL Certification would be an advantage
- 4-6 years’ experience in MS SQL database design and implementation, performance tuning and optimization, administration and support including security components on multiple versions of SQL Server (2012 and later)
- Expert. Level experience proficiency in administration and maintenance of standalone and clustered SQL Server instances
- Experience with SQL Server environments including High-Availability, Replication, Disaster Recovery, and Cluster Environment
- Reporting Service (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS) and Analyses Services (SSAS), in development, testing, staging and production environments
- Experience with SQL Server and other Microsoft technology stacks, and able to support Enterprise-level SQL Servers and Databases
- Experience with Enterprise monitoring tools, Microsoft Systems Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) preferably
- Good written and verbal communication skills, be able to interact with other teams and coordinate complex efforts
- Team player with a “get-it-done” personality, self-managed and able to juggle multiple tasks to meet deadlines and provide qualitative deliverables with minimal supervision
- Expert level knowledge of developing and supporting complex Data Warehouses
- Strong technical documentation skills
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Owns the strategic direction for the database topography
- Installation, administration and maintenance of SQL Server Clusters and Instances
- Architect and define disaster planning/mitigation/recovery, capacity and scalability planning, and storage management including High Availability and AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances
- Provide direction and oversight for architecture and design elements of the full SQL environment, including the Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Proactively monitor and timely maintain the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime and optimum performance. Evaluate / develop and / or use tools to automate the maintenance, monitoring and alert notification of database server
- Perform SQL Server database administration functions, including maintenance of multiple environments (development, testing, and production), patching, troubleshooting, object maintenance (e.g. partition, table, index, users/roles)
- creation/maintenance, space management, SSIS & SSRS deployments, and security management
- Identify required database changes and patches and implement them in line with the system requirements, ensuring that all databases are on the latest applicable changes
- Support on-going projects to ensure that development effort meets standards, including access and change control related procedures
- Automate monitoring with monitoring tools
- Develop, test, implement, document and adhere to standard operating procedures to ensure that the required standards and objectives are met, and ensure adherence within the DBA team
- Interact with the Infrastructure team to ensure the high availability and optimum performance of associated hardware resources allocated to the databases
- Identify and provide meaningful trend analysis and the key measurables that should be monitored to enable informed decision-making regarding resource management
- Draw up, manage and participate in a standby rotation for after-hours support and maintenance
- Formulate and document database standards and best practices, including all aspects of information security, create guiding documentation, make tuning recommendations and report monthly on the Information Security dashboard
- Train and mentor DBAs and Trainee DBAs
Reference Number for this position is SM51515 which is a Contract position based in Sandringham offering a market related rates negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Sifiso Mthombeni on [Email Address Removed] or call him on [Phone Number Removed]; to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Desired Skills:
- SQL Server
- MS SQL
- SSRS
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years Database Design / Development / Administration
Desired Qualification Level:
- Degree