Senior MS SQL Server Database Administrator to support on prem and public cloud projects for one our major banking clients- 35059

Senior MS SQL Server Database Administrator to support on prem and public cloud projects for one our major banking clients- 35059

Location Address: Remote - Toronto

Contract Duration: 12 months

Scheduled Hours: 37.5 Hours Per Week

Story Behind the Need:

• Banks Global Technology and Enterprise Platform (GTEP) Database operations (MSSQL) team takes care of end-to-end support for Microsoft data platform products across the globe where bank is present. Physical & logical database services, from deployment, project support and after go live steady state support is the essence of what we do.
• Reporting to the DBA Manager/Lead, the Database Administrator would be supporting the MS SQL Server on-premises as well as on public cloud. As a member of the database administration group, you will assist in the team effort to maximize the availability, security, and performance of the databases.

Typical Day in Role:

• Configuration planning & deploying MSSQL servers on public mostly on cloud and on-premise servers.
• Performance tuning, capacity planning and monitoring.
• Database maintenance/housekeeping including database rebuilds/re-indexing/expansion and archiving.
• Trouble-shoot MSSQL server problems and assist in the resolution of application problems.
• MSSQL Server Software currency resolution including Patching/Upgrades/Migrations.
• Assist in database code promotions & data fixes following internal change control process.
• Disaster Recovery/High Availability (DR/HA) support with backup, recovery and failover/failback of local and remote replicated databases.
• Provide DBA support to development/implementation projects as assigned, doing installations, database loading, migrations, testing, and go live support etc.
• Follow Database best practices, security and change control process of the bank.

Must-Have skills:

• 8-10+ years of progressive technical working experience as a Database Administrator.
• 5+ years of experience with Public Cloud including GCP Cloud SQL (MSSQL) and Azure MI/DBaaS/IaaS database administration.
• Hands on experience with MSSQL Services (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS/PolyBase, R Service, Power BI etc.) and MSSQL Instance/Database Installation/Configuration/Hardening.
• Hands on experience with MSSQL Servers 2022/2019/2017, Database Security, HA/DR, Performance & Tuning, Database Backup, and prior versions DB Administration.
• Hands on experience with Scripting and Automation with Power Shell, C#, VB Scripts, SSIS, TSQL etc.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Microsoft and/or Google Data Platform certification.
• Windows Servers 2019/2016 and prior versions.
• AD, Firewall IP/Port, domain trust/authentication methods related to MSSQL/Windows database connectivity.
• Application side tuning vs. server-side tuning.
• Setup MSSQL Always-On, Availability groups & Database Replication.
• Logical & Physical Backup/Recovery/Compression techniques.

Best vs. Average Candidate:

• Must meet the must-have requirements.
• Previous experience working in FI with regulatory/compliance environment.

Education:

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Math, or related discipline.

Candidate Review & Selection

• One round interview - Hiring manager & team member (1 hour) - Teams -
• 90% of the interview will be assessing technical skills listed in the must-have requirements such as Public Cloud, Database Security, etc. and 10% will be assessing soft skills/team fit.