Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects. With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.
PLEASE NOTE: For this position, we are unable to offer sponsorship or work with subcontractors.
We are currently seeking a MS SQL database administrator who will work in a team environment to provide knowledge of relational databases, e.g., MS SQL Server in support of one of their financial client's LOBs financial application portfolio. This includes working with internal and external application developers, as well as business users, to identify and resolve problems, as well as develop new systems or enhancements as needed. You will also be responsible for working directly with the LOB's customers in converting client's data from legacy systems to the LOB's. Qualified candidates must be prepared to communicate effectively and professionally with their customers.
As a SQL DBA, your responsibilities will include fully managing all database servers and application (re: COM, middleware) servers as they relate to the support of a suite of financial applications. This position requires availability both during both normal business hours and off hours, and you will be expected to be on-call for production support.
Responsibilities include:
. Custom data conversion of legacy client data to their supported systems
. Database Logical/Physical design and implementation
. Support of multiple Windows 2000 servers - stand-alone and clustered
. Backup and recovery
. Database reorganization, performance monitoring and tuning
. Database Security administration
. Disaster recovery
. SQL performance tuning
. Migration of data
. 24 X 7 production support
. System documentation
. Candidate will also participate in quality assurance processes and risk and control assessments
Experience: Qualifications
. 5+ years of functional MS SQL DBA experience is required; experience or training in MS SQL 2005 a plus
. Experience in banking and/or financial institution preferred with Private Equity knowledge a big plus
. Extensive technical knowledge in MS SQL and associated utilities
. Create and maintain primary database objects, tables, view, indexes
. Familiarity with database design tools and techniques
. Development of jobs/scripts
. Must have strong SQL Server 2000, T-SQL, Table design, Stored procedures, and Triggers
. Ability to manage multiple SQL servers in the development, QA, UAT, and Production environments
. Working knowledge of SQL/Windows 2000 Cluster Services
. Perform installations, upgrades, migrations, and reorganizations
. Experience with replication, performance monitoring, SQL Mail, backup and recovery
. Visual Basic, .NET, Crystal Reports or other development experience
. Strong customer service skills, including timely response to customers' inquiries and or complaints; Experience with FTI Investran is a major plus
. Experience in logical and physical database design
. Experience in performance monitoring and tuning
. Strong experience in developing and maintaining relational databases including backup/recovery procedures is required
. Strong Intel Server and IBM/Compaq hardware and software troubleshooting skills; Must be results-oriented
. Person must have strong customer service skills with excellent verbal and written communication skills
. Ability to effectively support clients in-person as well as on the telephone
. Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time
. Strong documentation skills, analytic skills and experience
. Experience with a MS centric software environment running on an Intel platform; This includes:
o MS Windows 2000/XP Server and their associated utilities
o MS Outlook
o MS Office
o MS Visio
o MS Terminal Server/Citrix MetaFrame
o MS SQL Server
. Education: BS/BA required
. Must demonstrate ability to perform and respond well in crisis situations
. Effective oral and written communication skills
. The ability to work independently and as a team player
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