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COOK COUNTY TREASURER Department of Human Resources 118 N. Clark Street, Room 112 Chicago IL 60602 Job Summary The Database Administrator will report to and work under the guidance and supervision of the CIO and Director of Infrastructure. The individual will be responsible for installation, configuration, documentation, maintenance, performance tuning, monitoring and upgrades of database systems. The individual will work closely with development team members and technical operations to ensure optimal performance and high availability. The role will also assist in authorizing and controlling the release of new database systems, and acting as a resource for quality control as well as final testing. The database Administrator will develop and maintain standards and compliance guidelines for the implementation of processes, procedures, and databases to ensure only productive, efficient applications are deployed. The database Administrator will be part of an on-call rotation and provide after hour support when required to resolve production problems, acting as a point of contact for database related technical support. Typical Duties Assists with implementation and modification of physical data models to create physical data structures. Design complex databases, tables, stored procedures, views, triggers and other database objects Assists with installation, configuration and deployment of software programs and patches to ensure software tools are maintained to meet office requirements. Assists with database management system support activities to ensure the effective storage and retrieval of data. Supports the utilization of database management system software and tools to monitor performance. Design and build highly available SQL solutions, making use of log shipping, mirroring and Always On technologies Collaboration with the development team to maintain test, staging, production databases and the development of operations procedures for database management Experience with Replication, Clustering, Always On and other HA architectures Monitors database performance metrics to identify issues and to assist with fixes for improving efficiencies. Sets up and deploys database management scripts and jobs to ensure efficient database operations and office continuity. Work closely with application development project teams to ensure optimal application performance Assists with basic data analysis to identify data anomalies and suggest potential fixes. Assists with application reviews to identify needs and to implement data improvements. Provides basic analysis of key business processes to assist users with improving database operations. Implements data solutions to support applications and ensure compliance with Cook County Treasurers Office standards. Provides on-call support and coverage to ensure continuity of office operations. Develop and implement data access policies to meet the stringent needs of data access by the Cook County Treasurer s Office. Writes highly efficient SQL scripts, stored procedures, etc. to support internal and external facing websites. Design and develop SSIS packages to provide the data to the various applications Design, implement and test database backups and restorations policies and procedures ensure recovery of data in conformity with the Cook County Treasurer s office requirements. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics Experience in performance tuning of SQL queries, indexes, disk I / O, memory and CPU. Experience with SSIS and ETL procedures and methodologies. Experience working in a clustered environment. Strong working knowledge of interoperability between multiple hardware and software environments. Be able to learn the current database systems fast in order to function in the supporting role Ability to write complex stored procedures and SQL queries, along with other SQL Server admin skills. Knowledge in data management technologies and methodologies. Familiarity with managing SQL databases in a virtualized environment. Work well as a team but also self-motivated. Good documentation and communication skills. Experience with SQL reporting services and SharePoint integration. Troubleshooting teir3 database support issues. Ability to interact with multiple teams at various levels. Experience in SSAS, VB.Net, C#, SQL, Batch Programming, C++ is also preferred. Link to benefits Employee Benefits Minimum Qualifications 3+ years experience functioning as SQL database administrator in a SQL 2012 and newer environment.. Strong technical skills with installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of SQL Server 2012 and newer Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field