Senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA
We are looking for senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on production Oracle DBA experience for various Denver clients. The Database Administrator is responsible for overseeing the information technology platforms used to support back office database systems. The candidate should have strong Microsoft SQL Server administration skills. This is a hands-on database support role that will require performing all aspects of data and database administration, including hardware and software evaluation and installation, implementation of production systems, applications, and technology platforms, security administration, backup and recovery planning, data archiving, capacity planning, performance and tuning, research and evaluation of new tools and techniques, and development of policies, standards, and procedures related to the production database environment.
Job Responsibilities include:
· Ensures all database systems, including clearing and accounting, are functional, operating at peak efficiency, and are meeting the requirements of the business on a daily basis.
· Operate clearing applications in production, QA and development.
· Performs administration of clearing databases in production, QA and development to ensure timely and accurate flow of data to financial systems.
· Performs Database Backup Planning and Implementation to maximize recoverability
· Performs Database Redundancy Planning and Implementation to maximize system availability
· Executes archival and retrieval of clearing data and ensure all data archival meets compliance requirements.
· Participates in monthly billing process including data verification.
· Develops and maintains the automation of clearing and database jobs to improve team and job efficiency
· Monitors the health of systems on a 24/7 basis to achieve maximum system availability.
· Coordinate efforts with Database Development to ensure smooth transitions of new code between development and production
· Performs all other duties as assigned.
Technical Requirements
· 3+ years experience with VLDB (very large databases) in a high transaction rate environment.
· Experience with Enterprise Scheduling Tools, preferably Tidal Enterprise Scheduler.
· Experience in the financial, securities or brokerage industry, with focus on equity clearing operations is a plus.
· Advanced Technical architecture and documentation skills, preferably with Visio and Erwin
· Experience with Microsoft OLAP
· Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Senior Network Systems Analyst
We are looking for senior level Network Systems Analyst with a minimum of 3-4 years of hands-on production experience for various Denver clients. Must have experience architecting, deploying, managing, migrating/upgrading network systems. Also, must have been involved in the requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment phases.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (8+ years industry experience)
Certification: MCP, MCSE or MSTS preferred
Technical Requirements
· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and IT consulting work experience preferred
· 3-4 years experience with Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, and Windows Server 2000/2003.
· Active Directory architectural design, implementation, migration and support
· Identity and Access Management technologies using MIIS and similar products
· Knowledge of monitoring and virtualization software as well as disaster recovery concepts
· VMware ESX/Virtual Infrastructure, Microsoft Virtual Server
· UNIX authentication management and integration using Vintela Authentication Services (VAS)
· Experience with Active Directory Federation Services would be a plus.
· SMS 2003 architectural design, implementation, and support
· MOM 2000/2005 architectural design, implementation, and support
· Strong Windows server and workstation experience
· Software Packaging experience
· Scripting experience
· Experience in one or more of the following: BDD (Business Desktop Deployment), Zero Touch Initiative, Operating System Deployment Pack for SMS (OSD)
· Experience with network hardware (switches, routers)
· Experience with network storage (NAS, SANS)
· A plus would be experience in any other SMS like products, like Tivoli, Altiris, Zenworks