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Microsoft SQL DBA

Microsoft SQL DBA, Washington, D.C. area Must have a minimum of a BA/BS and 3 years of full-time experience in database administration, planning, design, maintenance or related areas. The candidates for this position should be able to perform the following duties: Designing and configuring database architecture, including hardware and physical layout; Performing monitoring and performance tuning; Provide ongoing database support in multiple-cluster production environment; Perform planned and emergency database maintenance; Handling best practices database troubleshooting, corruption, backup and disaster recovery; Managing distributed databases, and configuring client/server and web-based environments; Perform Development to Production database migrations; Managing the development process. Essential Skills: Microsoft SQL database development and administration; Microsoft SQL networking and multi-site replication; Hands-on experience in database administration and T-SQL usage; Experience in large databases, supporting OLTP applications, and Replication technologies; Database security and auditing; Database architecture, including hardware configuration, logical and physical database layouts; Database management, monitoring of multiple databases; Database performance management and tuning; Database fault analysis and resolution; Database backup and disaster recovery procedures; Experience in Linux and Perl a plus; Effective verbal and written communication skills. Knowledge of the following operating systems and platforms: UNIX / Linux MS Windows Other: Must complete a MSSQL DBA Assessment; Security Clearance is not required. Contact us if you found this position attractive.