Description
Our client, located in San Antonio, TX, is seeking a MS SQL DBA to support their database administration team. Candidates need to have either active or recently active DoD Security Clearance or Automated Data Processing II Public Trust Adjudication.
Requirements
- Performing all database-related activities during application system evaluations, development projects, and system implementations
- Supporting application development staff in understanding application data requirements and developing logical database models
- Converting logical database designs to physical database models and developing the Data Definition Language (DDL) necessary to create appropriate database objects
- Reviewing, testing, and making appropriate revisions to vendor-supplied DDLs to ensure database integrity
- Designing and implementing appropriate database backup and recovery strategies based on requirements provided by application development staff and documented in DoD Strategic Implementation Guide (STIG) guidelines
- Providing on-call support to troubleshoot and resolve database problems on 24 hours per day, 7 days per week basis and perform database recovery and restoration as needed
- Providing consulting to application development staff on efficient SQL coding techniques for optimum database and application performance
- Performing upgrades to DBMS and "Middleware products", which include impact analysis, testing, data conversion and implementation
- Enforcing database standards and procedures for standard DBMS products currently in use
- Maintaining sufficient knowledge of Windows operating systems necessary to perform the DBA function
- Maintaining adequate knowledge of relevant business processes and systems
Basic Required Skills:
- Database Administration Experience
- Microsoft SQL Server expertise (SQL 2005 or higher)
- Data and information management
- Backup, Recovery, and Storage
- Active or recently active (within 1 year) DoD security clearance or Advanced Data Processing (ADPII) adjudication
Desired Skills:
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II (Security+, GSEC, or SSCP) or CCNA-Security required prior to start.
- Experience with Commvault Simpana v9 or higher
- 3rd party backup solution and/or native MS OS backup strategies with 2008 R2 or higher
- Windows 2003, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, MS Clustering Services, MS Powershell
For immediate consideration, please forward all resumes to (see below) or call.
Synergis serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. Recently named the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals for over 10 years. For more information about Synergis, please visit the company website.
Synergis is an Equal Opportunity employer.