SQL Server DBA

Job Title - SQL Server DBA - Need Local Location: St. Louis , MO Job Type : Either onsite or mostly remote, required to come to the office for training/conferences/town hall meetings. Duration: until ; 1.5 Years Opening : 1 Opening Skills: 9 years SQL Server SQL Server Replication Cross Platform Database Replication Preferred (not required) ETL Processes (SSIS, Azure ADF, etc.) Preferred (not required) Azure SQL Server Preferred (not required) IBM DB2 LUW Come into the office for training/conferences/town hall meetings. Travel 1 - 2x per year to connect with the factory they are supporting (travel expenses paid by Nestle) Open to future conversion to perm. (once converted, on-call rotation once every 6 weeks) Must fill out to be considered Candidate Name C-Phone C-Email Yrs SQL Sever Yrs Replication GC USC C- Location Rate W27 Fee Your email This position is responsible for operations and software life cycle of manufacturing systems in production at the factories as well as provide third level support in the organization for those systems. As a Digital Database Analyst/Administrator in this team, you will focus on analyzing, improving, and supporting database systems in the Digital Manufacturing portfolio. This role will also have numerous database operations responsibilities. In addition, there will many occasions where you will be required to create scripts and use programmatic features within the databases. The focus of this position will deliver results matching expected timelines and value needed to keep the business and factories up and operational. Members of this team are on-call and the position will require some off hours and/or weekend work. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Works with the factories, business, subject matter experts to resolve issues in production database systems Identify, recommend, and implement process and system improvements to improve the performance and reliabilities of manufacturing factory database systems Performance tuning Assist other team members with database design and architecture Assist in the building and implementation data base upgrades and new database technologies Assist building and adding to knowledge base of learning which can be shared with others Using agile methodologies for work management Manages database objects - Libraries, views, tables, stored procedures, and triggers Develop, implement, and optimize stored procedures and functions. OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Contribute to team efforts that support other DM departmental related initiatives Collaboration with factory personnel & other internal and external business partners. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (Minimum): Education - Bachelors degree in a technical field plus 10 years experience Experience (Years/Type): 9 Years in Microsoft SQL Server (Required) SQL Server Replication IBM DB2 LUW is a plus Cross Platform Database Replication is a plus ETL Processes (SSIS, Azure ADF, etc.) is a plus Azure SQL Server is a plus Skills Solid data modeling and database design skills Administering and Performance Tuning of Microsoft SQL Server Environment in a Enterprise level environment Strong working knowledge and command of the use of SQL with SQL Databases Experience with backup and restore processes Excellent data investigative, analysis, and detective skills Excellent communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills in high pressure situations Demonstrated experience of deployment and implementation of small projects as they relate to databases Good understanding of technical landscape (i.e. Windows Desktop and Server Operating Systems, Networks, and Windows Application ) Basic project management understanding and skills Technical/Specific Skills Needed Performance Tuning SQL Server Replication