SQL Server DBA
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About the Role
HCLTech is seeking a highly talented and self-motivated IT SQL Server DBA to join their team in Abu Dhabi. The role involves planning, configuring, maintaining, and ensuring high availability of SQL Server, MySQL, and Cosmos databases in a 24x7 environment, with a minimum of 5 years of experience required.
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Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain SQL database servers
- Manage capacity planning
- Monitor system's health and performance
- Analyze and resolve issues in real time
- Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability, and security
- Provide suggestions for solutions
- Track issues and document changes
- Automate regular processes
- Assist developers with query tuning and DB refinement
- Provide 24x7 support for critical production systems
- Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours
- Execute error free and efficient day to day approved operation tasks
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years in SQL Server DBA (preferred in Banking experience as a SQL DBA)
- Good knowledge in Always On
- Extensive DB Migration knowledge in Azure
- Experience with SQL Server Database, Azure Database
- Ability to work in shift operating in 24 x 7 x 365 environment
- Strong problem solving and communication skills
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Role Purpose
- SQL Server/MySQL/Cosmos DBA needs to work in shift operating in 24 x 7 x 365 environment and responsible for planning, configuring, maintaining, and high availability of databases without any DB performance issues.
- DBA needs to be very technical to resolve any DB incident promptly and key responsible for any downtime of SQL databases not to impact on client business critical DB applications.
DBA Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain SQL database servers
- Manage capacity planning
- Monitor system's health and performance
- Analyze, resolve the issues in real time
- Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability, and security
- Provide suggestions for solutions
- Track issues, and document changes
- Automate regular processes
- Assist developers with query tuning and DB refinement
- Provide 24x7 support for critical production systems
- Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours
Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required
- SQL Server Database, Azure Database, Always On, Problem Solving, Communication Skill.
Previous experience required
- Minimum 5 years in SQL Server DBA (preferred in Banking experience as a SQL DBA).
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