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Job Summary:
Pearson is a leading education company, and they are seeking a Database Administrator to manage their database systems. In this role, you will be responsible for the architecture, planning, implementation, and maintenance of database systems, with a focus on Azure technologies and performance tuning.
Responsibilities:
• Software Development Life Cycle deployment, implementation and maintenance
• Database Security
• Database Change Management
• Transition changes between development, QC and Production Environments
• Create database and schedule backup, write TSQL, Capacity Planning and monitoring of the database and other activities as assigned
• Data modeling, logical and physical database design
• Review data models to ensure optimal database performance
• Performance tuning
• Work on various projects as directed as part of the development team
• Research and provide guidance on new database technologies implementation
• Work with development to communicate the best database practices
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Math or technical field or equivalent combined work experience
• 2+ years working with relational database systems
• 2+ years Database Design experience
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and newer
• Azure SQL - Experience with SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• Experience working in a high demand 24x7 web environment (rotation 1 week/month)
• Experience writing, optimizing, and supporting T-SQL
• Experience with T-SQL execution plans
• Experience identifying and proposing solutions to performance problems
• Experience with performance tuning tools
• Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell
• Experience with SQL Server Query Store
• Experience with SQL Server Extended Events
• Experience creating and enforcing data and database coding standards
• Experience with Database design/Data Modeling
Preferred:
• MySQL experience a plus
• Experience working with data security preferred
• Data Warehousing experience - NICE TO HAVE
• Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) is preferred
• Ability to create technical documentation
• Ability to see industry trends as they apply to databases
• Ability to work across functional groups, development, operations, configuration management, end users, and program managers
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and with multiple projects
Company:
Pearson operates as a media and education company that offers a wide range of services to its customers. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Pearson has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
Job Tags
Work experience placement, H1b,
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