Position Title: SQL Database Administrator
Location: Richmond, VA 23230
Position Status: 6 month contract-to-hire
Compensation: Extremely competitive
Shift: Monday - Friday (8am to 5pm)
 
Position Description:
Our client is looking for a mid-level SQL Database Administrator for a position located in Richmond, VA. Our client is a full-service freight transportation provider. They are the largest privately held less-than-truckload (LTL) company in the United States. Currently they are providing operational oversight for 160+ SQL Server instances (Clustered and non-Clustered) in a Virtualize environment. Product versions range from 2008-2016 and span multiple applications tiers (Development, QA, Pre-Production and Production). Candidate must be a motivated self-starter that can work well with other team members.

• Ensure SQL instance(s) availability, recovery
• Execute performance tuning, backup and restoration of databases
• Provide daily management of Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure and assure service availability
• Work with third Party monitoring tools (Alerting, Monitoring and Analysis)
• Maintain all databases including Development, QA, Pre-Production, and Production environments
• Work with business users, developers, and infrastructure teams to ensure solution needs are met
• Responsible for documenting all database maintenance procedures
• Keep SQL servers up to date with necessary patches and updates by testing and promoting from lower environment upward
• Resolve Remedy Tickets in accordance with ESTES SLA’s
• Ownership and execution of Change Controls related to the SQL infrastructure
• Perform database server migration/upgrade activities
• Create documentation to support administration duties as required
• Ability to open tickets with Microsoft support and work to resolution
• Review application logs, system dumps and reporting
• Participant in technical, capacity and planning meetings
• Support multiple Project and development efforts
• Performance Tuning, Alerting, monitoring in according best practices and requirements
• Any additional duties required to support the security, health and availability
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills