Seeking an Experienced DBA with Strong T-SQL Skills

We’re looking for an experienced database administrator to start initially on a short term (three month) contract at Tourism WA’s Perth office. If you match this description, you do quality work, and you’re not a cocky git, please get in touch asap: info@mediawhole.com.

Required Personal Skills

• The ability to work independently with initiative and self-drive
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A sense of humour

Required Technical Skills

• Practical experience writing Transact SQL scripts and applying relational database concepts
• Practical experience installing, maintaining and migrating SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008 on 32 and 64-bit platforms
• Practical experience configuring and maintaining SQL Server 2008 clusters
• Knowledge of general performance testing and environment optimisation approaches
• Practical experience performance tuning existing code (stored procedures, user defined functions, views, other queries)
• Practical experience tuning indexes and configuring maintenance plans
• Practical experience implementing a database server health monitoring and status alerting system
• Practical experience with high availability techniques for SQL Server (mirroring, log shipping, etc.)
• Knowledge of deploying C# CLR assemblies within SQL Server

Desirable Technical Skills

• Experience maintaining product-specific database environments (specifically SharePoint/MOSS 2007)
• A working understanding of network concepts as they relate to database administration (firewalls, TCP/IP, performance)
• A working understanding of SAN and RAID technologies
• Experience tuning storage subsystems
• Experience installing and maintaining SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Experience creating and maintaining SSRS reports
• Basic understanding of source control concepts