Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s at a minimum.
Required Skills (Must have), Necessary industry experience and associated number of years of experience:
At least 4-5 years of hands-on experience in MS SQL Server database administration, design and development.
Experience handling and managing SQL Server database/replication infrastructure in a real time production environment.
Experience with HA/Failover technologies such as Clustering, SAN & Replication.
Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, performance issues, blocking/deadlocking issues, connectivity issues, data replication issues etc.
Experience in performance tuning, SQL query development/optimization using performance monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
Experience with database maintenance activities such as backup/recovery & capacity monitoring/management.
Experience collaborating with development/qa teams on physical database design activities and performance tuning.
Experience in managing and making software deployments/changes in real time production environments.
Must have good problem-solving, trouble-shooting and communication skills.
Ability to work on multiple projects at one time with minimal supervision and ensure high quality, timely delivery.
Strong focus on getting the job done.
Experience in agile development practices (e.g. Scrum) would be a plus.
Experience with Oracle/MySQL database technologies would be a plus