MS-SQL Administrator

Job Description

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl We are always moving forward always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

Within our Database Administration team at Kyndryl, you'll be a master of managing and administering the backbone of our technological infrastructure. You'll be the architect of the system, shaping the base definition, structure, and documentation to ensure the long-term success of our business operations.

Your expertise will be crucial in configuring, installing and maintaining database management systems, ensuring that our systems are always running at peak performance. You'll also be responsible for managing user access, implementing the highest standards of security to protect our valuable data from unauthorized access.

In addition, you'll be a disaster recovery guru, developing strong backup and recovery plans to ensure that our system is always protected in the event of a failure. Your technical acumen will be put to use, as you support end users and application developers in solving complex problems related to our database systems.

As a key player on the team, you'll implement policies and procedures to safeguard our data from external threats. You will also conduct capacity planning and growth projections based on usage, ensuring that our system is always scalable to meet our business needs.

You'll be a strategic partner, working closely with various teams to coordinate systematic database project plans that align with our organizational goals. Your contributions will not go unnoticed - you'll have the opportunity to propose and implement enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system, enabling us to deliver world-class services to our customers.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Familiar the different editions of SQL Server and can advise on when to use each to optimize.
- Strong backup/recovery, including replication/failover.
- Tuning and troubleshooting knowledge of SQL Server.
- Experience using Azure SQL and related tools (Hybrid connections, etc.) is a bonus.
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and manage Microsoft SQL Server databases.
- Establish and maintain backup and recovery policy and procedures.
- Provide proactive monitoring and performance tuning including physical server level, database level, and query tuning.
- Create users and assign permissions based on authorized level of access.
- Handle regular day to day IT Infra operations.
- Installation of ms-sql ,Applications and break fixing of H/W and S/W issues .
- Working on Service Desk tickets.
- Share technical expertise providing technical mentorship and cross training to other team members.
- Maintain documentation of the database environment and infrastructure.
- Work with system administrators, architects, development teams, and business application owners to ensure database changes are in-line with operational standards and the strategies needed to scale.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to administer as well as troubleshoot live issues both internal as well as customer reported.
- Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Coordinating with IT stake holders to fix the issues.
- Participate in internal/external audits to showcase the IT compliance status.
- Perform the IT related task and update the status higher management on regularly.
- Participating in Day/Weekly status review meetings
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience in Operating Systems tuning and configurations.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI)

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