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​1. Engagement Description

Contract Labor Title: Support Services: Database Management Services – SQL SERVER

Functional Title:  SQL Server Database Administrator

We are seeking a qualified candidate for the position of SQL Server Database Administrator for a 6-month contract with possibility of converting to permanent position based on performance.

2. Principal Duties and Responsibilities
• SQL Server database administration and development; including data analysis and design, software installation, security administration, capacity planning, data modeling and optimization.

• Must have experience with large-scale database support and maintenance (VLDB), SQL Integration and Reporting Services and server hardware configuration. Healthcare industry background is a plus.

• Experience in setting up real-time Change Data Capture, data integration and replication using Goldengate and other similar tools.

• Experience with Cloud based solutions such as Snowflake, AWS and Big Data apps such as Hadoop is a plus.

• Installation, configuration, customization & product support of Oracle Database 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g and 12c.

• Experience in the upgrade of Oracle GI and RAC: 10g R2, 11g and 12c.

• Design storage strategies around backup and recovery for complex database environments, physical structures, and specialized database applications maintaining up-to-date plans for disaster recovery and fail over capabilities.

• Development testing and support, optimization and Data modeling.

3.  Qualifications / Required Skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology or Engineering

• 8+ years of SQL Server Database Administration experience.

• Understanding of security practices related to data ingestion, storage, analysis and visualization

• Design storage strategies around backup and recovery for complex database environments, physical structures, and specialized database applications

• Maintaining up-to-date plans for disaster recovery and fail over capabilities.

• Strong analytical skills, oral & written communication skills, user interaction

• Strategic and clear thinking to translate discrete and complex ideas to business-driven results

Technical skills:
• Manage SQL Server 2005/2008 R2/2014/2016/2017/2019 databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.

• SQL Development – ability to write and troubleshoot SQL Code and design (stored procs, functions, tables, views, triggers, indexes, constraints)

• Installation, configuration, customization & product support of Oracle Database 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g and 12c.

• Experience in the upgrade of Oracle GI and RAC: 10g R2, 11g and 12c.