Sr. SQL Engineer

• Database Review and Maintenance

o Review all Microsoft SQL Server databases.

o Identify any issues such as performance bottlenecks, fragmentation, or inconsistencies.

o Perform routine maintenance tasks such as index rebuilds, statistics updates, and database integrity checks.

• Always On Availability Group Maintenance

o Monitor and maintain Always On Availability Groups for SQL Clusters.

o Ensure synchronization state across replicas.

o Perform failover testing and handle failover scenarios as necessary.

• Best Practice Recommendations

o Review SQL Server and database requests as part of the build cycle.

o Provide best practice recommendations for database design, performance tuning, and security.

• SQL Updates and Patching

o Schedule and perform SQL Server updates and patches.

o Coordinate with stakeholders to minimize downtime and ensure updates are applied in a timely manner.

• Application Migration to SQL 2019

o Assess existing applications and databases.

o Work with application owners to plan and execute migrations to SQL Server 2019.

o Ensure compatibility and performance optimization during the migration process.

• SQL Server Consolidation

o Identify opportunities to consolidate SQL servers into shared instances.

o Evaluate resource utilization and performance impact.

o Plan and execute server consolidation efforts while minimizing disruption to existing services.

• Root Cause Analysis

o Perform root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes.

o Identify patterns, trends, and anomalies to answer specific business questions.

o Propose data-driven solutions and opportunities for improvement.

• Project Management Support

o Provide project management support for SQL-related initiatives.

o Coordinate tasks, timelines, and resources to ensure successful project delivery.

o Communicate effectively with stakeholders to provide updates and manage expectations.

• Backup and Recovery Management

o Review and optimize SQL backup schedules and technologies.

o Implement backup strategies to ensure data integrity and disaster recovery readiness.

o Monitor backup jobs, troubleshoot failures, and perform periodic recovery tests. Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Microsoft SQL Engineer/DBA must possess advanced SQL querying skills, including expertise in writing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, triggers, and optimizing SQL performance.
• Proficiency in database administration tasks such as database creation, configuration, monitoring, backup and recovery, security management, user access control, and database optimization.
• Knowledge and experience in implementing and maintaining high availability solutions such as Always on Availability Groups, database mirroring, failover clustering, and disaster recovery planning.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot database-related issues effectively, using tools such as SQL Server Profiler, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), and Extended