Junior Database Administrator

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Job Summary:

Pearson is a leading education company, and they are seeking a Database Administrator to manage their database systems. In this role, you will be responsible for the architecture, planning, implementation, and maintenance of database systems, with a focus on Azure technologies and performance tuning.

Responsibilities:

• Software Development Life Cycle deployment, implementation and maintenance

• Database Security

• Database Change Management

• Transition changes between development, QC and Production Environments

• Create database and schedule backup, write TSQL, Capacity Planning and monitoring of the database and other activities as assigned

• Data modeling, logical and physical database design

• Review data models to ensure optimal database performance

• Performance tuning

• Work on various projects as directed as part of the development team

• Research and provide guidance on new database technologies implementation

• Work with development to communicate the best database practices

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Math or technical field or equivalent combined work experience

• 2+ years working with relational database systems

• 2+ years Database Design experience

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and newer

• Azure SQL - Experience with SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

• Experience working in a high demand 24x7 web environment (rotation 1 week/month)

• Experience writing, optimizing, and supporting T-SQL

• Experience with T-SQL execution plans

• Experience identifying and proposing solutions to performance problems

• Experience with performance tuning tools

• Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell

• Experience with SQL Server Query Store

• Experience with SQL Server Extended Events

• Experience creating and enforcing data and database coding standards

• Experience with Database design/Data Modeling

Preferred:

• MySQL experience a plus

• Experience working with data security preferred

• Data Warehousing experience - NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) is preferred

• Ability to create technical documentation

• Ability to see industry trends as they apply to databases

• Ability to work across functional groups, development, operations, configuration management, end users, and program managers

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and with multiple projects

Company:

Pearson operates as a media and education company that offers a wide range of services to its customers. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Pearson has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.