SQL DBA, 1 year contract, Doha, Qatar, Able to hire immediately, oppor

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Description

Halian are currently at the beginning of a titanic service delivery for our omnipresent partner which are the prime vendor for a major Healthcare vision which is flooding throughout the Middle East.

Our Universal Partner has recently won a huge bid on a technology leading and ground-breaking programme in Doha Qatar. This admirable programme is otherwise known as a Medical and Research Centre which is to be a state-of-the-art, Greenfield, all-digital, medical centre.

As part of a super hospital implementation, they have awarded the contract for support and services along with enterprise integration of all IT systems to our worldwide partner.

We have a jaw dropping opportunity working as an SQL DBA with Halian on board this majestic programme. You will be hired on a 1 year engagement with the strong opportunity and chance of it extending further thereafter.

This position is a key part to the infrastructure team and we are ready to hire this person immediately. This job as a whole offers outstanding chance for career growth and drive, working on what will be the leading medical instituion in the world, 365 day heat and tax free earnings.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Application venders to build and configure application databases (Collect and document application requirements, Build databases per requirements, provide testing and troubleshooting support to Application teams).
  • Install, configure, upgrade, and manage SQL Server 2008 R2.
  • Configure and manage database maintenance, including backups, dbcc's, update statistics, and any additional required maintenance
  • Apply SQL Server-related patches
  • Manage SQL Server failover clusters and Database Mirroring as well as environments containing Replication Services
  • Install and Manage SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting, Integration and Analysis services.
  • Provide system administration staff with requirements for SQL Server host machines
  • Participate in an on-call rotation as part of a leveraged team
  • Represent database administration team in operations as well as project activities

Skills

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2 physical DBA activities (Installation, patching, Configuring, Backup and Recovery, Performance tuning, troubleshooting problems)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Failover cluster and SQL Server Mirroring (Configuration, Administration, troubleshooting problems)
  • Microsoft SQL Server Integration, Analysis and Reporting Services experience.
  • Previous 2 implementations of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Failover cluster and SQL Server Mirroring
  • Experience working with application vendors and support teams to implement new applications.
  • Be able to document application database build requirements and configuration.
  • Logical/Application DBA experience
  • Microsoft Windows 2008 fundamentals and administration
  • ITIL Foundation or related training (a plus)

If like me you are melting over the sound of this programme and keen to come on board the champion Halian ship to success please send me your CV and we can gladly discuss this further.

Ship docks on Thursday 5th at 12noon UK time. Dont miss out!

Harry

Start date
NOW!
Duration
1 year
From
Halian Ltd International
Published at
20.03.2012
Project ID:
334837
Contract type
Freelance
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