Job Description

Required Skills

• Minimum five years of SQL database administration experience

• Degree or National Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related qualification and experience

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2017 / 2019 experience with database administration, including installation and troubleshooting issues
• T-SQL Scripting experience
• Database Security
• Have in-depth SQL internal knowledge
• Must have experience in Backup and recovery experience | Replication experience | Performance tuning on SQL queries / stored procedures | Log shipping | Disaster Recovery Solutions | Partitioning | SSIS
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams

• Hybrid Working Hours (2-3 days onsite/2-3 days remote per week) After successful probation period completed will be required to be on-call/standby once a week which will ensure additional payment over and above monthly salary.
• Must have own reliable vehicle with valid driverxe2x80x99s license or alternatively reliable transportation arrangements.

Highly Desirable Skills
Git | JIRA | JSON/XML, REST/RESTful APIs | Agile, Scrum, Design Patterns | Automation with tools such as DBATools | Experience with Big Data and Event Driven technologies would be an advantage in Hadoop, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker
Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server database environments
• T-SQL Scripting and development on both new and existing functions
• Troubleshoot and resolve server, database, and data issues
• Security maintenance of server and database
• Maintenance and monitoring of SQL environment
• Provide debugging assistance to development staff with DBMS
• Monitoring and completion of DBA-related ServiceDesk calls
• Backup setup and monitoring
• Participates in rotating on-call support.
• Work in an agile environment with stand-ups, sprints, and planning meetings

• Work in a small development team taking on new features, spikes, bugs
• Plan, design, implement, document, test, and release new features
• Perform code reviews
• Liaise with the QA team to identify and fix bugs
• Identify inefficiencies in existing processes and gradually replace these with more optimal methods