Senior Database Administrator

Salmiya, Kuwait

    Qualification:

•        University Degree in Information Technology/Computer Science or Equivalent (Master's degree is preferred).

•        Must be MCSE certified.

•        Must be MS SQL Server Certified.

·        Preferable to be Oracle Certified Professional - DBA .

  Required Experience:

·        At least 15-year experience in RDBMS Administration

·        Expert in MS SQL Server 2008/12/14/17 /19 and other RDBMS like Oracle.

•        RDBMS Clustering experience.

•        Backup and recovery practices in SQL Server.

•        Experienced in RDBMS SQL Server application tuning.

•        Strong knowledge of SQL Server Administration (DBA) best practices for performance and growth optimization.

•        Capacity of SQL Server monitoring and management.

•         SQL, T-SQL, and PL/SQL Programming and development experience and proficiency is required.

•         Capable of creating Stored Procedures and Triggers with high proficiency.

•          Backup and recovery experience at a first-person level required SQL Server Security Experience

•          Experience with RDBMS Backup and Recovery

•          Proficient on SQL Server patching and upgrades, including out of place upgrade.

•          Knowledge of Windows Active Directory, EMC storage, Centera, VMAX, EMC Networker, DATA Domain, VMware, V-Sphere and V-Centre is a plus.

   Technical Duties & Responsibilities:

•          Installation, Configuration, administration and maintenance of sql server (and/or oracle) for testing, development and production environments.

•          Create Users and assign permissions based on the level of database access the user (Security).

•          Create Linked Servers to SQL Servers and other databases such as Oracle etc. (Security and General Administration).

•          Design database including complex data models and logical database designs.

•          Backup and Restoration Strategy (Database Backups and sql server agent.

•          Perform  and maintain Backups, monitor backups regular

•           Setup High-Availability as per Disaster Recovery Strategy for the Databases (Failover Clustering, Database Mirroring log shipping and Replication).

•           Troubleshoot various problems that arise in a day-to­day work and fix the issues. (Monitoring Error Logs).

•           Plans and conducts structured testing of database designs to confirm functionality and performance.

•           Performs routine and customary operational and monitoring activities to ensure database integrity, stability, availability and capable of meeting ongoing business needs.

•           Evaluates technology and techniques to implement and maintain databases.

•            Accepts the lead for projects as assigned and contributes as a team member to other projects in an ongoing manner.

•            Work directly with development groups helping design DB to interact efficiently with the database.

•            Documenting major changes to the SQL Servers and providing reports to management.

•            Apply Service Packs and updates as needed.

•            Support local staff in improving their skills and expertise.

•            Prepare and Conduct technical presentations.

•            Do other assignments related to RDMS system as requested.