Database Administrator 2

Mbi Llc; Richmond, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mbi Llc is seeking a Database Administrator 2 to assist with migrating existing databases from one hosted platform to a new hosted platform and validate systems after migration. Strong focus on production SQL databases, with incident response and ongoing backup/recovery tasks.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including architecture, troubleshooting, and maintaining backups, restorations, and monitoring. Oracle experience is a plus but SQL is primary.

Qualifications

• Administration and management of production databases
• Basic to advanced troubleshooting skills
• Backup/recovery/monitoring of databases
• Communication within a team environment with peers as well as customer facing
• Security assessment and review of database administration and access
• Design, configuration, deploying, troubleshooting, administration, and maintaining systems
• Ensuring project and workload documentation and process are accurate, on time, and stored properly

Responsibilities

• Assist with migrating existing databases from one hosted platform to a new hosted platform
• Move or migrate databases and validate systems after migration
• Back up and recover production databases as part of daily duties
• Provide break/fix incident response for SQL environment
• Monitor and troubleshoot SQL environment on a daily basis
• Support SQL Mac migration project moving from EOL hardware to new solution

Skills

Administration and production DBs

Troubleshooting

Backup/Recovery/Monitoring

Team communication

Security assessment

System design/configuration

Documentation

Job description

- Current need is for a Database Administrator 2 to assist with migrating existing databases from one hosted platform to a new hosted platform.

- Someone with knowledge of moving or migrating databases, as well as systems validation after migration.

- Considerable working background in Microsoft SQL database administration.

- Architecture and troubleshooting in a working environment. Database administration and backup/recovery management.

- Working knowledge of backing up and restoring of production databases.

- This role will fill day to daily break/fix incident response on our SQL environment.

- Our SQL environment runs in a SQL Max platform hardware solution, dedicated for SQL performance.

- The SQL version we are running range from 2008-2019.

- We also have a small Oracle footprint, some experience in Oracle is great, but the primary focus will be SQL.

- Other daily tasks may include utilized for running updates, restore, and recovery if or when required.

- We are looking to free up some work for our dedicated DBA who is working primarily on project work and migrations.

- Currently working on a SQL Mac migration project to move from an EOL hardware to a new solution.

Fill the skill matrix below:

Skill

Amount

Candidate's No. of years of experience

Administration and management of production databases

Required

5

Basic to advanced troubleshooting skills.

Required

5

Backup/recovery/monitoring of databases.

Required

5

Communication within a team environment with peers as well as customer facing

Required

5

Security assessment and review of database administration and access.

Required

5

Design, configuration, deploying, troubleshooting, administration, and maintaining systems.

Required

5

Ensuring project and workload documentation and process are accurate, on time, and stored properly

Required

5