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SQL DBA

This role is for an SQL DBA with 10+ years of experience in relational databases, specializing in VLDBs. The contract lasts for an unspecified duration, offering $57.83 - $65.00 per hour. Key skills include T-SQL, database design, and performance tuning. Remote work.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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520
🗓️ - Date discovered
February 12, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
Unknown
🏝️ - Location type
Remote
📄 - Contract type
Unknown
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
Remote
🧠 - Skills detailed
#SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) #DBA (Database Administrator) #Monitoring #MS SQL (Microsoft SQL Server) #Database Design #Normalization #Snowflake #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Database Performance #Replication #Deployment #Microsoft SQL Server #Azure #SQL Server #Data Warehouse #Microsoft SQL
Role description
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10+ years’ experience working on relational database platform with emphasis on VLDBs.
• On-call deployment and troubleshooting experience
• Experience with database design principles, including normalization and aggregation, for both on-line and data warehouse schemas to support the needs of application developers.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements: List unique knowledge, skills, or problem-solving requirements.

Database Performance and Tuning
Hardware analysis (Disk I/O, Network I/O, Processors, Memory)
Database Configuration Management
Database Capacity Planning and Monitoring
Troubleshooting
Wait State Analysis
Database Backups/Restores Technologies
Implementing New Database servers in a Virtual Environment
Database Design Skills including Normalization and Data Warehouse design
Strong TSQL skills
Strong analytical skills
Structured Troubleshooting Skills
SQL Query Performance Tuning experience
Log Shipping, Mirroring and Always-on technologies
Replication
Experience with Foglight and other 3rd party Monitoring Tools
Experience in the healthcare industry, a plus
Analyze, solve, and correct database issues in real time.
Provide suggestions for solutions.
Refine and automate regular processes.
Track issues and document changes.
Assist developers with query tuning and schema refinement.
Minimize database downtime.
Implement high-speed transaction recovery techniques
Provide 24x7 on call rotation support for critical production systems.
Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours

Toolset:

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 thru 2022
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services (SSRS)
Knowledge and experience with Transact SQL (stored procedure, trigger and constraint development)
Azure Database
MS-Windows
Snowflake

Job Type: Contract
Pay: $57.83 - $65.00 per hour
Schedule:

8 hour shift

Experience:

SQL DBA: 10 years (Required)
Microsoft SQL Server: 10 years (Required)
Snowflake: 10 years (Required)
Azure Database: 10 years (Required)
T-SQL: 10 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote