Salt Lake County · 5 hours ago
Database Administrator II
Salt Lake City, UT
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expSalt Lake County is dedicated to enriching the community through enthusiastic individuals. The Database Administrator II will manage, maintain, and develop databases, ensuring data integrity and implementing database policies while supporting the organization's technological needs.
Customer ServiceGovernmentService Industry
Responsibilities
Creates databases, configures and manages system database files
Identifies available space on data volumes and identifies the cause of performance degradation
Resolves backup/restore incidents
Identifies problematic execution plans
Monitors current sessions, identifies sessions that cause blocking activity, identifies sessions that consume resources, and configures the data collector
Configures an audit on SQL Server, queries the SQL Server audit log, and manages a SQL Server audit
Creates an availability group, configures read-only routing, manages failover, and creates distributed availability groups
Configures database performance settings, configures max server memory, configures the database scope, and configures operators and alerts
Deploys Cloud SQL Database and creates databases and resources in the cloud
Works with user accounts and roles and secures database objects
Manages database object permissions, creates and maintains users, creates and maintains custom roles, and configures dynamic data masking
Implements database consistency checks, identifies database corruption, and recovers from database corruption
Assists with planning an IaaS or on-premises deployment, selecting the appropriate size for virtual machines, planning storage pools based on performance requirements, helps evaluate best practices for installation, and assists in the design of storage layout for SQL Server virtual machines
Manages deployments that support multiple tenants
Identifies and repairs index fragmentation, identifies and creates missing indexes, identifies and drops underutilized indexes, and manages existing column store indexes
Supports the migration of databases from one environment to another
Configures and monitors log shipping
Under supervision and direction, acts as a backup to assist with very large databases when needed, configures alerting for failed backups, manages the process to back up database operating systems, manages transaction log backups, configures database recovery models, and configures backup automation
Creates and manages operators, creates and manages SQL Agent alerts, defines custom alert actions, defines failure actions, configures database mail, and Policy-Based Management
Configures and manages cell-level encryption, implements Always Encrypted, implements backup encryption, configures transparent data encryption, configures encryption for connections, and troubleshoots encryption errors
Manages the Query Store, configures Extended Events, and trace events
Identifies and corrects outdated statistics, implements Auto Update Statistics, implements statistics for large tables
Uses knowledge and understanding of SharePoint database structure, administration, optimization, and querying of content data to perform data optimizations. Fixes, and addresses SharePoint-identified database health concerns
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, or other closely related field
Two (2) years of related experience; OR an equivalent combination of six (6) years of related education and experience
Pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program
Preferred
MCDBA
MTA (Data)
MCSA (Data)
MCSE (Data)
Benefits
Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
Professional Development
Plus Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.
Company
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County is a website of the Salt lake country government.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2022-11-03Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Jelani Taylor
Talent Partner
Lisa Hoskins, PHR
Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
Recent News
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