Database Engineer 1

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RSM has an opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled Database Engineer to join our team.You will be a member of RSM’s technical services group and responsible for the operational support of the Microsoft SQL Database platform. You will work closely with Database Engineers, Data Engineers, IT management, and other functional groups to deploy, administer and provide level three support for the company’s enterprise database systems. You will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing our databases to ensure maximum performance and availability. You must have excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to work, collaborate and coordinate between technical and non-technical people within the company.

Provide troubleshooting support for Microsoft SQL servers. Monitor and manage server health, functionality and availability related to database servers. Install, configure, secure and maintain technical Dev, QA and Production environments.Configure and Integrate 3rd party applications and add-ons. Regular review of event logs and performance monitors through the creation of alerts. Participates in disaster recovery practices.

Adheres to technical standards, procedures and techniques for resolving enterprise database problems to ensure maximum application availability and performance.Collaborates with other IT technical engineers, developers and Program Management personnel.

Participates in scheduled and unscheduled weekend/after-hours system maintenance and support. Performs rotational on-call duty.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Preferred: bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems or closely related technology degree.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Experience working with MS SQL and supporting technologies (Required) Ability to troubleshoot in a complex distributed environment (Required) Ability to understand and comprehend Database Engineering concepts such as database design and development Experience working with Public Cloud Offerings (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, ADO) (Required) Experience administering MS Azure SQL Server (Required) Experience with SQL Performance Tuning and System Optimization (Required) Data Technology Platform Monitoring experience (Required) Scripting Skills (PowerShell, Terraform and other IaC languages) (Preferred) IT Development (.NET, C#) experience (Preferred) Working knowledge of Azure DevOps methodology (Preferred)

EXPERIENCE

(MUST NOTE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED)

Minimum of 4 years of Information Services/Technology experience (Required) Minimum of 2 Year Database Administrator experience with Microsoft SQL (Required) MS SQL Certifications (Preferred) Project Team Involvement (Preferred)

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

(MUST NOTE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED)

Experience in team collaboration (Required) Excellent written and oral presentation skills (Required)

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at .

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