SQL Developer

Location: Mechanicsburg, PA
Hybrid Role: The candidate must work on-site for six weeks before being eligible for 2 remote days per week.
Contract Length: Long-term contract (6 months Right to Hire)
US Citizens or Permanent Residents only.  Must be a PA Resident. 
Position Overview:
The SQL Server Database Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical MS SQL Server systems, ensuring the integrity, reliability, and recoverability of data for a wide variety of in-house developed applications and off-the-shelf software. The position requires solid technical skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and involves assuming rotating on-call duties.
Duties:

• Manage SQL Server implementations across all environments from development through testing to production.
• Maintain database servers and processes to ensure high levels of integrity, reliability, and recoverability while keeping performance and security in line with industry standards.
• Analyze, solve, and correct issues in real-time, providing end-to-end problem resolution.
• Automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
• Assist in providing 24x7 support for critical production systems
• Perform scheduled maintenance, which includes the deployment of CUs and Hotfixes Outside Regular Business Hours.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field. Minimum of one year of IT experience involving the analysis, design, and maintenance of databases in support of overall database administration.
• 3+ years of MSSQL server administration experience is required.
• Extensive experience with backups, restores, and recovery models.
• Proficiency with writing T-SQL code.
• Moderate experience with High Availability (HA) options.
• Moderate experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) options.
• Moderate experience with SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services).
• Moderate experience with SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services).
• Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO) using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
• MS Dynamics CRM MSSQL server administration experience.
• SharePoint MSSQL server administration experience.
• TFS MSSQL server administration experience.
• BIS for Visual Studio experience.
• Windows Server administration experience.
• VMWare vSphere experience