Senior Database Administrator

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Job Description:

EPIQ is an industry leading legal process outsourcing (LPO) company serving law firms and corporations around the world. Our extensive experience in eDiscovery, managed services, litigation support and court reporting is unmatched in the industry. The EPIQ Information Technology department is a shared services organization that supports all of EPIQ’s datacenters and regional offices around the world. We have an outstanding new opportunity for a Senior Database Administrator for SQL Server, reporting to the Manager, Database Engineering under the Database Services group.

Responsibilities:

• Work as a member of a geographically distributed DBA team, supporting multiple data centers around the world.
• Participate in on-call support rotation for a 24x7, client-facing production environment.
• Ensure EPIQ meets its contractual commitments and established SLAs, including for system uptime.
• Work closely with all IT teams to implement highly available database environments.
• Resolve trouble tickets and troubleshoot highly critical production environments, with 99.925% uptime SLAs.
• Manage all aspects of database administration environment including planning, developing standards, installation, configuration, backups, optimization, maintenance, and monitoring of SQL Server databases.
• Experience managing Azure SQL and Azure SQL Managed Instances
• Architect, design, install and configure large and complex databases with high-availability and offsite disaster recovery.
• Implement systems for monitoring database workload, jobs, query performance and system activity.
• Through monitoring systems optimize database performance.
• Study the environment thoroughly and automate repetitive tasks.
• Document all processes and introduce more standards for the team to improve team productivity.
• Participate in data center migration projects.
• Follow ITIL best practices, including Change Management, Incident Management and Problem Management.
• Assist with audits and certification and maintain compliance with requirements.

Required skills and abilities:

• 5+ years IT Operations with strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and best practices.
• 10+ years Microsoft SQL Server administration experience, preferably in a hosting and/or corporate 24x7, highly available, environment.
• Solid understanding of best practices for SQL Server administration.
• Thorough understanding of relational database design and concepts.
• Expert skills in Powershell and T/SQL scripting and writing stored procedures.
• Comprehensive knowledge of SQL Server engine internals, query execution plans, query optimization and performance tuning.
• In-depth knowledge of backup and recovery options.
• Experience supporting web-based hosted applications.
• Practical experience with SQL Server clustering installation and trouble shooting.
• Self-motivated with the ability to be proactive and work well under tight deadlines and flexible hours.
• Team player with strong intercommunication skills and the ability to provide clear documentation of production processes as necessary.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor and train junior DBA’s as and when necessary.
• Familiarity in setting up actionable alerts to proactively manage systems

Optional skills:

• BE or BS Degree in one of the following subject areas: Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology or related field preferred
• Experience managing and tuning large, multi-terabyte SQL Server databases in a SAAS environment.
• Experience configuring the monitoring of SQL Server databases utilizing SQLSentry and/or Solarwinds highly advantages.
• MCDBA, MCITP-DBA, or MCSE certifications a plus.
• MS Analysis Services, MS Reporting Services, or equivalent experiences with similar technologies a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft IIS, and Active Directory preferred.
• Knowledge of developing and deploying business continuity and disaster recovery strategies preferred.
• Knowledge in using Central Management Server and SQL Server Policy Based Management.
• Experience in other database technologies like Oracle, MySQL and Cassandra.
• Remote work possible, but 1 day working from the office  will be required . #LI-KS1 #LI-Remote

The Compensation range for this role is 118,000 to 135,000.00 USD annually and may be eligible for an annual bonus. 

Your specific salary will be determined based on several factors:

• Location-based market rate for the role

• Your abilities in relation to the job specification

• Performance during screening and interview

• Pay parity with the wider team in the considered location

Further details about the package will be provided during the initial screening call with the Talent Acquisition Team.

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It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. In addition Epiq will take affirmative action for minorities, women, covered veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.  Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.