SQL Server Database Administrator - Oakland, CA

SQL Server Database Administrator
Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: Contract
Rate: DOE
US Citizens, GC, EAD ( H4, L2), E3 TN visa holders preferred, NO third party corp to corp accepted for this job
Qualifications:

• Creation and administration of Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2016 databases on Windows platform, using automation to execute timely administration-based tasks.
• Extensive experience of Always-on and Availability Groups in a multi-site environment.
• Ensure appropriate jobs are scheduled to maintain nightly maintenance jobs
• Document of database configuration and on-going management of configuration drifts, continuous review of existing and creation of new database processes and procedures, periodic entitlement reviews.
• Upgrading and patching Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2016/2019 databases
• Implementation, administration and usage of industry tools like SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Reporting Services, Idera SQL DM.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Clustering Services and SQL Server Clusters is a plus.
• Experience with disaster recovery on SQL standalone and clustered environments is a plus.
• Development and implementation of database automation solutions and performing quality assurance verification of various database project implementations.
• Proactive database performance monitoring and tuning, optimization of existing and creation of new database performance monitoring procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Eight (8) years of Microsoft SQL Enterprise experience
• Five (5) years of experience in managing MS SQL clusters.
• Three (3) years of combined experience using enterprise SQL monitoring tools.
• Three (3) years of experience writing documentation or standard operating procedures related to database administration.