Senior Data Analyst-Baltimore, Maryland (Hybrid)

Senior Data Analyst

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Work Style: Hybrid (3 days on-site; 2 days work from home)

Duration: 06 months plus Contract

Rate: DOE

Duties:

• Provide technical expertise and support in the use of DBMS.
• Design and implement automation of SQL Server Installation using scripts. Define file organization, indexing methods, and security procedures for specific user applications.
• Create and maintain database objects such as tables, views, indexes, constraints, etc. for data platforms and custom applications.
• Develop, implement, and maintain database backup and recovery procedures for the processing environments, and ensure that data integrity, security, and recoverability are built into the DBMS applications.
• Evaluate and recommend available DBMS products to support validated user requirements.
• Ensuring optimal database performance through exhaustive proactive testing and ongoing real-time monitoring.
• Monitor and maintain the backups for database recoverability for all production databases.

Education Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.

General Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience in administering on-prem/cloud based multi user environments with expertise in planning, designing, building, and implementing complex database systems.
• In-depth knowledge of the MS SQL Server DB architecture.
• Prior AWS cloud-based SQL Servers database administration experience.
• Drive end-to-end availability, performance monitoring, and capacity planning for MS SQL server, using native and 3rd party tools.
• Implemented industry best practices for consistent installation and configuration of MS SQL Server for production, pre-production, and non-production environments.
• Conducted technical reviews and walkthroughs of system design documentation with development and design team members.
• Experienced with MS SQL Server database administration throughout the nonproduction (Sandbox, development, test, UAT, Training), pre-production (Staging) and production lifecycles in an AWS environment.
• Testing database security and enterprise policy guidelines according to established best practices.
• Must be proficient in scripting.