Senior Database Administrator (SQL Server)*
- Security, aerospace & defence
- Gurgaon
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Background
Atkins have recently defined a âOne Atkins 2020â Organisational strategy. To support this strategy, IS have defined an operating model for 2020 to revolutionise the way IS is provided to the organisation, moving from a BAU focus to a Business Value driven organisation. Key concepts include: Moving to digital products, adopting agile across the organisation, leveraging cloud, and focus on supporting bid and delivery.
Job Details
Purpose of the Role:
The purpose of this role is to deliver DBA as a Service within Technical Services providing DBA expertise, and 24x7 support to all Services leveraging database technologies.
The job holder will ensure the successful delivery of DBA as a Service as a coherent and proactive practice across all Atkins services, guaranteeing it is not considered as a âcheck box exerciseâ.
While interacting with both the Development and Operational Teams to help implement a continuous integration and deployment environment. You will be working in a Scrum Agile / Kanban environment and will deliver 24/7 availability across several critical services.
Key Deliverables/Responsibilities
The Senior DBA is responsible for the following activities:
· Perform operational DBA duties. These will include: installations, database upgrades, patching, environment cloning, implementing backup/recovery and monitoring procedures, capacity planning, and performance tuning and site failover/switchover.
· Design, architect, and build Microsoft SQL databases from determining business requirements to planning and deploying test and production systems.
· Interface with development, Unified Communications teams to resolve problems with application/database systems.
- Providing 24/7/365 operations in a business critical environment.
- Working with global teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Application development, Unified communication, and Service Desk
- Manage multiple applications or service areas and projects simultaneously to ensure on-time response, quality delivery and resolutions.
- Support continual service improvement through optimization of systems and processes for existing and new applications and services.
Experience Required
· 5-8 years related experience
· Significant knowledge of Microsoft SQL; this will be your passion and you will be required to get under the bonnet of a live system, coming up with innovative solutions.
· Have worked for at least 5 years in a 24/7 environment before and will have worked alongside Agile teams including developers and other stakeholders.
· 5+ yearsâ experience as a full-time Microsoft SQL DBA in 24x7 environments.
· Strong understanding of relational database architecture concepts
· Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting skills
· Excellent communication skills
· Strong hands-on experience administering large, high volume 24/7 Microsoft SQL
· Experience in implementing and managing databases in complex enterprise environments, with business application and third-party products, solutions and technologies.
· Ability to handle multiple deliverables, both scheduled and unscheduled, like deployments, builds, scheduled batch activities or jobs, issue/incident management, problem management, etc.
· Ability to communicate technical issues to business leaders as well as to communicate business drivers to engineers.
· Proficient working with Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Exchange, Solar Winds.
· Proven analytical abilities and using data/facts for decision-making.
Competencies specific for this role:
- University degree or college diploma in the field of computer science and/or 8 years equivalent work experience.
- Understanding of ITIL, Service Management.
- Possess the necessary formal presentation skills, and excellent work ethic.
- Experience and understanding of risk management and risk mitigation activities.
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