Description
Our client is looking for a Senior SQL DBA
One of worlds largest SQL Server databases, intensive volumes of tranactional data expanding at a fast rate up to 30 TB in data.
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Identifying and correcting performance issues, reviewing systems and error logs, storage management, backups, job monitoring, optimisation efforts, data integrity analysis and resolving database contention issues
- Supporting development efforts including specifying requirements, developing test plans, setting up test environments including generating test data and data migration, creating/modifying tables, views, stored procedures, and triggers, developing ad-hoc queries and reports
- Designing database schemas and managing object permissions and accesses
- You will have a well rounded background in the principles of software design and implementation
- Proficiency in a broad array of technical skills including, operating systems, networking, databases, data structures and commercial application development
- Ability to work with large complex systems and develop new enhancements
- Develop design specifications, author internal documentation and participate in the review of these documents
Skills/Experience required:
- 5+ years (total) software experience
- 4 years minimum SQL Server experience with a strong relational database background
- BSc degree in EE/CS/Computer Engineering required; MS degree preferred, or relevant work experience
- Excellent performance tuning and optimisation skills
- Solid experience with disaster recovery methods and capacity planning
- Worked in a very large database environment
- Some Datamodelling experience
- SQL Server clustering
- T-SQL savvy
- Datawarehouse experience, a plus
- Windows 2003 Server and SQL Server 2005 experience
- Common sense and trustworthiness
- Ability to work well with other highly talented individuals
- Knowledge and love of the game of poker and an understanding of the online poker industry are pluses