• 10+ years experience as an SAP/Sybase IQ Administrator.
  
• Do not apply if you do not have IQ experience. ? Experience in use of T-SQL for SQL Code and stored procedures are required.
• Experience in shell scripting is required.
  
• Experience in architecting multi-terabyte systems, including a proven track record of physical optimization, query optimization and capacity planning.
• UNIX (specifically Linux) skills including but not limited to volume management, kernel parameter analysis, shell scripting, understanding of networking concepts.
• Proven track record of SQL and database tuning on VLDBs.
  
• Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills.
  
• Good communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills; able to build consensus and work closely with fellow DBA
  
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent.

Duties:

• Provide production support, solutions and expertise for SAP IQ.
• Ability to support SAP ASE, Microsoft SQL Server in a backup capacity.
• Ability to troubleshoot difficult production issues quickly.
  
• Work closely with various development teams across the firm to ensure proper use of Oracle features, best practices, and adherence to database standards.
  
• Train and mentor developers in methodology and best practices.
• Participate in the DBA team on call rotation.
  
• Tune complex SQL proactively & reactively as required.
  
• Be able to rewrite SQL queries where necessary.
• Design, implement, and maintain capacity planning for database systems.
• Perform Database Upgrades as required.
  
• Help design, maintain, improve and implement monitoring tools.
• Handle your share of DBA tickets, user requests, routine support and maintenance.
• Ability to work off hours weekends as required.

Job Type: Contract

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