SQL Server DBA

NTT DATA, Inc. currently seeks a SQL Server Database Administrator (Remote) to join our team in Guadalajara.

Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience administering SQL Server
• Familiarity with SQL Server performance troubleshooting techniques and tools, such as SQL Profiler
• Desirable: Microsoft SQL Server certification

Highly Desirable (But not mandatory):

• Experience working with MySQL
• Experience working with Azure
• Knowledge with Commvault and TSM

We Offer: 

• Competitive salary
• Grocery Tickets - 12% of base salary
• Restaurant Tickets - 800 pesos per month
• 30 days of christmas bonus
• 10 days of vacations
• 90% Vacation bonus
• 5 personal days per year
• Medical insurance (You and your family)
• Life insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Discounts with selected Optics
• Opportunity to grow in the company

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and manage Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• Establish and maintain backup and recovery policy and procedures.
• Provide proactive monitoring and performance tuning including physical server level, database level, and query tuning.
• Create users and assign permissions based on authorized level of access.
• Provide SME-level representation for DBA team to account leadership, clients, application owners, and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure 24/7 availability of the SQL Server database environment. This will include 24/7 on-call responsibilities on a rotating schedule. Represent SQL Server Database Administration team in Disaster Recovery and project activities.
• Share technical expertise providing technical mentorship and cross training to other team members.
• Maintain documentation of the database environment and infrastructure.
• Work with system administrators, architects, development teams, and business application owners to ensure database changes are in-line with operational standards and the strategies needed to scale.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to administer as well as troubleshoot live issues both internal as well as customer reported.
• Basic Qualification
• 5+ years of experience administering SQL Server, 8 years with a High School diploma, or 3+ with a Master’s degree
• 3+ years of experience working with replication, clustering, database mirroring and Always-On
• 2+ years of experience with analysis/troubleshooting/performance tuning of databases