Introduction: The purpose of this role is to manage, maintain, and support the Microsoft SQL Server environment within the IS / IT environment and the business by leveraging your skills in SQL scripting, data architecture methodologies and best-practices, as well as big-data to provide accurate datasets to a multitude of systems and applications, assisting our stakeholders with decision-making.
Description: SQL Servers and Database management : Manage and maintain SQL Server/s and database/s within development and production environments Configure and optimize database servers : Responsible for configuring and optimising database servers and related processes to ensure high availability, performance, and on-going operations of the SQL environment Patch maintenance: Perform scheduled maintenance and routine patching and upgrades from time-to-time Process refinement : Automate and refine processes, track issues, and document environment configurations and changes Monitor relevant environments : Contribute to the maturation of proactive monitoring of the relevant environments to prevent issues from occurring in future Report writing Responsible for reporting on SQL scripting, SSIS, SSRS Facilitating with 3rd parties : Facilitating resolution of bugs and issues identified in SQL scripting, SSIS, SSRS applications and environments with 3rd parties Data modelling : Ensure development and implementation efforts meeting integration and performance expectations Customer Service : Provide support for critical production systems and end-of-day processing To uphold and promote the company values and culture Requirements: Grade 12 MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014 or later MCTS, MCITP certification (advantageous) Minimum of 5 years experience administering Microsoft SQL Servers and databases; SQL scripting; big-data and business intelligence applications such as Qlik and IBM COGNOS Experience with backups, restores, and recovery models Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO) using native monitoring and tooling Experience working with Kerridge Commercial Systems ERP (advantageous)Experience working with Windows Server, Active Directory, and Azure (advantageous)Experience with scripting languages such as C#, C++, Java (advantegeous)