What makes this fun?
In the role of an Associate Database Administrator you will perform as a member of the Infrastructure Database Support team. This position has the opportunity to work with the latest technology across multiple platforms and systems. Our database environment includes all the latest versions of Microsoft SQL, Azure SQL, Managed Instances, CosmosDB, and others. These db instances are hosted in the public cloud and private cloud supporting very high transaction mission critical applications 24x7x365.
You will collaborate with the Enterprise Architects, Database Engineers, Development DBAs, and IT Operations Teams on complex database projects and performance tuning efforts.
Ideally your background is with building and maintaining large scale, highly transactional database environments, but most important is a willingness to learn new technologies and apply critical thinking to solve problems. In addition, writing and tuning SQL queries and procedures, collecting metrics to analyze query performance and creating reports to share with development teams, as well as migrating or consolidating data center will all be a plus.
In this very large, dynamic enterprise environment you will build, maintain, and administer SQL server for the following: WOW!
- Maintain the disaster recovery plan which is consistent with the defined recovery time objective, and recovery point objective, for each application
- Create the database maintenance plan which ensures each database is properly backed up, monitored, and routine health checks performed
- Contribute to the infrastructure design to ensure each database cluster will meet performance, scale, and security expectations
- Contribute to the application design review to ensure new schema, stored procedures, and function changes follow best practice guidelines
- Analyze database load and performance and make recommendations to improve performance, scale, and security
- Collaborate with the architecture community to establish SQL best practices which provide governance to application development teams
- Create break-fix contingency plans for supporting ongoing operations 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
- Participate in on-call rotation providing 24x7 support of all critical internal and customer facing application
The experience we look forward to you having:
- Basic experience configuring and maintaining production mission critical databases, preferably Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database
- Hands-on experience with MSSQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups and using some type of infrastructure monitoring tool is preferred
- Administering very large and high-volume transactional databases in a 24/7 environment
- Setting up and administering database environments; including development, testing, disaster recovery and production
- Familiarity with data manipulation languages and the principles of database design
- A bachelor's degree preferred
- 1 - 3 years relevant industry experience as a Microsoft SQL Database Administrator or Database Developer
A little bit about us...
Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information services. Professionals in the areas of legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance and healthcare rely on Wolters Kluwer's market leading information-enabled tools and software solutions to manage their business efficiently, deliver results to their clients, and succeed in an ever more dynamic world. Wolters Kluwer combines deep domain knowledge with specialized technology. Our portfolio offers software tools coupled with content and services that customers need to make decisions with confidence. Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way we do business, build better judicial and regulatory systems. We help them get it right.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities and requirements.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.