Senior Database Administrator - SQL Server (5-6 yrs)

Job Description :

Overview :

- A Senior Database Engineer manages and optimizes database systems, ensuring efficiency, security and reliability.

- Responsibilities include designing, implementing and maintaining databases, performance tuning and troubleshooting issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

- Expertise in SQL, database architecture and cloud platforms is essential.

- Strong problem-solving skills, staying updated on industry trends are key to success in this role.

Role :

- Responsible for orchestrating upgrades, backups, and provisioning of database instances/clusters, documentation, maintenance and support of systems application software in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices.

- Research, create and evaluate technical solution alternatives for the business needs current and upcoming technologies and frameworks.

- Perform feasibility studies, logic designs, detailed systems flowcharting, analysis of input-output flow, cost and time analysis.

- Work with project team to meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues and recommending solutions for problems and independently perform assigned tasks, perform production incident management.

- Participate in on-call pager support rotation.

- Document software programs per Software Development Best Practices.

- Follow MasterCard Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes.

- Assist Senior Team members in modification of the documentation templates per the needs of the project and technology.

- Contribute ideas to help ensure that required standards and processes are in place and actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.

- Support collection and reporting of project and software metrics.

Education : Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Management Information Systems or equivalent work experience.

All About You : Thorough knowledge and understanding of DBA Concepts and Methodologies is required.

- Must demonstrate MC Core Competencies.

- 5 6 years of experience as DBA.

Skills/ Abilities :

- Must be high-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.

- Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation with a willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities.

- Strong communication skills -both verbal and written - with strong relationship, collaborative skills and organizational skills.

- Ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.

Work Shifts :

- It will be a rotational shift on weekly/monthly basis to provide support 24X7.

- Candidate might be required to do night shift throughout