
Senior SQL Server Database Administrator
LPL Financial
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $99,100 - $165,100 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Responsible for design, installation, configuration, security and maintenance of highly available enterprise database systems
- Troubleshoot and resolve database incident tickets
- Monitor backup jobs on all enterprise databases and perform routine disaster recovery scenarios
- Participate in on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after-hours/weekends/holidays
- Establish and maintain database policies and standards
- Generate database schema definitions and modifications as required
- Plan and coordinate data refreshes from one environment to another
- Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements
- Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems
- Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases
- Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs
- Perform database transaction and security audits
- Follow and maintain in-house documentation for repeatable processes, including database feature installation, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution
- Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels
- Develop routines for end users to facilitate best practices database use
- Follow ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices for Change Management
Requirements
- 5+ years direct experience managing and supporting Microsoft SQL Server version (2000-2022)
- Experience in installation and configuration of SQL Server in Virtualized Environments
- 5+ years knowledge and experience in Database Performance, Tuning and Optimization (PTO)
- Excellent knowledge in system views and system stored procedures using T-SQL
- 5+ years hands on experience with database security, auditing, backup/restore, DR and high availability
- 5+ years experience with data partitioning, indexing best practices, resource governor, extended events
- Experience with DTS and SSIS Packages
- 5+ years knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws
- Knowledge of Incident/Problem Management and is familiar with ITIL processes in a critical production environment.
Benefits
- 401K matching
- health benefits
- employee stock options
- paid time off
- volunteer time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Microsoft SQL ServerT-SQLDatabase Performance TuningDatabase OptimizationDatabase SecurityBackup and RestoreDisaster RecoveryData PartitioningIndexing Best PracticesDTS and SSIS Packages
Soft Skills
TroubleshootingIncident ManagementChange ManagementCommunicationProblem ResolutionDocumentationCoordinationEfficiency ImprovementUser SupportPolicy Development