Mssql Server DBA - Production Support - Performance Tuning - Banking

MSSQL Server DBA required to join a global production support/projects team. The role will provide technical support across a multi-platform infrastructure, including performance tuning and optimisation, writing and installing scripts for database administration tasks, such as backups and capacity monitoring. 

You will have at least 5 years of MSSQL Server DBA experience within a multi-platform environment and large Datawarehouse environments.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

- Provide day-to-day support for production & development systems  
- Providing production support.
- Providing project support.
- Monitor capacity, integrity and performance of production systems.
- Install new database Servers for Windows, UNIX and Linux environments
- Understanding the performance and resilience characteristics of the key hardware/software components and be able to follow standard procedures.
- Implement a suitable backup strategy to support an applications
- Carry out performance and tuning at database server level and have an understanding of application level issues.
- Maintain monitoring systems to provide 24x7 cover.
- Modify & maintain existing scripts to handle minor changes in infrastructure. 

TECHNICAL SKILLS: 

- 5 years or more MS SQLServer DBA experience
- Strong MS SQL product knowledge.
- Building severs and databases to global standards
- Write technical documents
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Extensive performance & tuning experience
- An understanding of fault-finding database client connectivity
- An understanding of database security and auditing
- An understanding of network, concurrent access and locking issues.
- An understanding of database logging and recovery and how to recover from the various failure scenarios. 

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