MS SQL DBA for Qatar

Company Description

VAM Systems is a Business Consulting, IT Solutions and Services company with operations in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, USA, Australia, Singapore & India.

Job Description

VAM
Systems is a Business Consulting, IT Solutions and
Services company with operations in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, USA,
Australia, Singapore & India.

VAM
Systems is currently looking for MS
SQL DBA
for our Qatar operations with the following skill set and terms and
conditions:

Experience/Knowledge

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  Expertise
  on installing, configuring, managing, monitoring and troubleshooting
  SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2008 R2 and SQL 2012

  
  
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  5
  + years of handling MSSQL RDBMS with clustering Experience.

  
  
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  High
  level of expertise in Microsoft Clustering Services (MSCS) both
  Active/Active and Active/Passive with provision of failover and
  failback capabilities.

  
  
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  Experience
  in design and maintaining Log Shipping & Mirroring.

  
  
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  Experience
  in upgrading database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005/
  2008/2008 R2 and SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 R2/SQL 2012.

  
  
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  Extensive
  experience in deploying and monitoring packages using SSIS and DTS.
  

  
  
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  Must
  have worked High Availability on Log Shipping, Replication,
  Clustering and Mirroring
  

  
  
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  Strong
  knowledge and experience in DR Plans - Preparing DR plans and
  perform DR drill and real DR exercise

  
  
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  Strong
  knowledge and experience in backups and recovery

  
  
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  Strong
  knowledge to Implementing Database maintenance plan for Database
  consistence & Integrity.

  
  
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  Strong
  Knowledge in Database Security modules
  

  
  
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  Experience
  to manage SQL Server Logins, Database users and user permissions.

  
  
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  Experience
  in Monitoring, Analyzing database performance, Tuning and
  Allocation of server resources to achieve optimum database
  performance. Tracing and Performance tuning using SQL Profiler.

  
  
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  Experience
  in configuring Transactional and Snapshot Replication, Database
  Mirroring and Log Shipping in Production Environment

  
  
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  Proficient
  with SQL Server tools, including Enterprise Manager, Management
  Studio, Query Analyzer, Profiler, SQL Server Agent, DTS, SSRS and
  SSIS.
  

  
  
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  Experience
  Installing, Monitoring and Troubleshooting of SSRS & SSIS

  
  
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  Strong
  knowledge in SQL Server Reporting Services to Designing the SSRS
  reports according to the business need

  
  
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  Experience
  in T-SQL - Writing Stored Procedures, Views, Functions and Queries

  
  
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  Experience
  in developing the successful Backup strategies based on Recovery
  models.

  
  
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  Should
  have experience in third party backup tools such as, Tivoli Data
  Protector for SQL and HPOV monitoring

  
  
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  Experience
  to sync Pre-Production and Development database server environment
  with production.

  
  
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  Experience
  to Applying Security updates, hot fixes and SP up gradation.

  
  
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  Process
  Experience – Very strong in ITIL processes on Change Management,
  Problem Management, Incident Management and ITIL Process related
  activities
  

  
  
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  Provide
  7x24 environment uptime supports to all SQL Servers.

  
  
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  Excellent
  communication skills, both written and oral to interact effectively
  with application team, vendors and external customers.

  
  
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  Provide
  on-call/off-hours DBA support as well as perform weekend maintenance
  tasks.

  
  
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  Should
  have Experience in backup tools like TSM TDP, EMC Networker.

  
  
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  Knowledge
  in Unix OS is will be preferred.

  
  
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  Should
  have basic knowledge in managing and administration of Oracle RDBMS.

  
  
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  Should
  have knowledge in developing PL/SQL.

  
  
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  Should
  have basic Knowledge in Oracle installations and configuration.

  
  
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  Should
  have basic knowledge in Oracle Memory Architecture.

  
  
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  Should
  have knowledge in Oracle High availability solution (RAC).

  
  
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  Should
  have knowledge in Oracle Backup and Recovery.

  
  
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  Knowledge
  in Shell scripting will be an add one advantage.

  
  

Qualifications
& certifications

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  Relavent
  experience minimum of 5 years in SQL Database administration.

  
  
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  Microsoft®
  Certified IT Professional ﴾MCITP﴿

  
  
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  Microsoft®
  Certified Technology Specialist ﴾MCTS﴿

  
  
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  SQL
  Clustering experience is mandatory

  
  
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  Oracle
  Certifiied Administartor /Professional will be an add one advantage.

  
  

Main
Purpose of the Role:

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  Primary
  role to provide support on SQL database maintenance and BAU.

  
  
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  Secondary
  role to Provide Support on Oracle, Sybase.

  
  
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  Handling
  infra DBA projects,
  BAU service improvements and to provide 24/7 On- call support.

  
  

Terms
and conditions:

Joining
time frame: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month).

The
selected candidates shall join VAM Systems – Qatar and shall be
deputed to one of the leading Banks in Qatar.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information

Should you be interested in this opportunity, please send your latest resume in MS Word format at the earliest at ambili.krishnan@vamsystems.com or call us + 91 4762681150.