LPL Financial

Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

LPL Financial

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: AustinTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $99,100 - $165,100 per year

Job Level

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
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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