sql server architect will provide scalability, high availability, migration and consolidation expertise on the microsoft sql server platform, a self-starter with strong leadership, professionalism, and responsible qualities.
key responsibilities
• determines database structural requirements by analysing client operations, applications, and programming; reviewing objectives with clients; evaluating current systems.
• develop database solutions by designing proposed system, defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, security, back-up, and recovery specifications.
• installs database systems by developing flowcharts, applying optimum access techniques, coordinating installation actions, documents actions.
• maintains database performance by identifying and resolving production and application development problems; calculating optimum values for parameters; evaluating, integrating, and installing new releases; completing maintenance; answering user questions.
• prepares users by conducting training.
• provides database support by coding utilities, responding to user questions, and resolving problems.
• updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, participating in professional organizations.
• accomplishes information systems and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
qualification & experience
• the ideal candidate should have at least 10 years of enterprise database administration experience, with 7 years of experience with microsoft sql server.
• must have experience in administering large-scale database architectures.
• a bachelor’s degree in computer science is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• candidate must be an experienced dba who has worked on sql server 2008, sql server 2012 and sql server 2014.
• strong experience with performance optimization and tuning with database applications is a must.