Senior Database Administrator- Hosting DBA & SQL Job
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Date: Jan 7, 2021
Location: New Delhi, HR, IN
Company: Boston Scientific
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Purpose:
Boston Scientific is looking for an experienced, senior level Database Administrator responsible for the design, performance, integrity and security of a database management system within an Infrastructure Operations Center of Excellence at the IS India Center.
key Responsbilities:
- Implements and maintains smooth operation and physical design of databases.
- Conducts performance tuning of indexes and databases in general.
- Reviews database design and integration of systems, ensures backup recoverability and makes recommendations regarding enhancements and/or improvements.
- Maintains security and integrity controls.
- Formulates policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management, and monitors transaction activity and utilization.
- May develop stored procedures and/or triggers.
- Provides capacity planning for server resources, including disk space, based on monitoring of system utilization and growth.
- Installs and tests new versions of BBD Instances
- Analyzes system problems by identifying root-cause, evaluating costs and benefits of using alternate procedures, and initiates solutions to eliminate or reduce problems and improve services
- Researches new technologies and their potential match to business solutions by reviewing product information, managing product demonstrations, service and cost benchmarking and proposing appropriate recommendations for implementation
- Creates and maintains system documentation according to the IS methodology (proposals, designs, and other deliverables as necessary)
- Accountable for technical issue resolution including diagnosis of problem, recommendations for workarounds, and defect correction
- Maintains collaborative working relationship with IS project teams, IS services (database, data center, servers, desktop, networking, security), and software vendors, as needed
- Researches and applies new technologies, development techniques and best practices by leveraging experience, industry contacts, seminars, and books
- Leverages software version control tools and provides software configuration management support
- Works closely with the project team (internal and external) to assure a timely solution
- Adheres to project plans, tasks, and deliverables; identifies dependencies and resource requirements
- Appropriately communicates deliverable status, escalates issues, and manages timelines and action items
- Peer review other developers code for logic, best practices, and coding standards
- Mentor and coach more junior resources
Qualifications:
- Engineering Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, IT and in a related discipline from recognized & reputed higher education institutions.
- Strong Database & Should be expert in implementing and supporting multiple database technologies including SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, AWS-RDS and other DB platform involving Replication, Availability groups, log shipping and clusters.
- Extensive experience in business process & system analysis role and managing large IT projects.
- Experience working in an agile team.
- Self-starter with strong, proactive work ethic and fast learner.
- Being imaginative & having high creative quotient with hunger for learning & sharing.
- Creative thinker to look for continued ways to utilize and optimize capabilities of the system.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to effectively communicate with leadership
- Proven ability to quickly troubleshoot issues using a sound and logical approach to deliver a valid solution
- Setting up and/or managing database instances hosted on
- will be an added advantage
- Basic understanding of virtualization and backup
- Should be expert in implementing and supporting multiple database technologies including SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, AWS-RDS and other DB platform involving Replication, Availability groups, log shipping and clusters.
- Demonstrated ability to work with people in other areas across the enterprise (geographical and functional) to accomplish desired outcomes
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle and methodologies
- Ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities
- Ability to develop solutions to a variety of complex problems of diverse scope and complexity
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge of a variety of alternatives and their impact on the business unit
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience documenting and developing within a regulated industry
- Exceptional organizational & time management skills
- Experience with Medical Device or Life Sciences beneficial
Soft Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills including oral, written, and listening skills with a track record of communicating complex concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff, including at senior executive levels
- A positive attitude, innovative and creative thinker
- Responsible risk taking and risk management
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in related field.
- Experience working on large scale projects involving Database transformation.
- Experience in Product Teams, Agile and SCRUM methodologies.
- Experience working on solutions in a controlled environment.
- Extensive experiences in deploying Cloud native database such RDS, MongoDB, QLDB and any other NoSQL implementations
- Public Cloud (aws, azure etc) & Terraform automation scripting experiences are Plus
- Programming experiences in Python, Java or any other scripting language gets additional Plus
About us
As a global medical technology leader for more than 35 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.
Requisition ID: 472324
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