Advanced Database Administrator

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A Production Database Administrator with a deep demonstrated knowledge of MS SQL administrative tasks and the ability to consult on design, development, and automation improvements.  Having a passion for maintaining MS SQL databases that meet or exceed internal and client-contracted production SLAs for availability and performance. The right candidate will ideally have past hands-on experience administering MS SQL databases running in a public cloud environment such as AWS or MS Azure.  This position is a part of our engineering team. 

• Candidates must be willing to start work at 8 AM.   
• Document complex installation, configuration, and optimization procedures so they can be automated. 
• Provide support 24/7/365 for any troubleshooting or corrective actions related to incidents impacting application availability within the production environments. 
• Take proactive measures to monitor, trend, and tune SQL databases, such as running maintenance jobs (backups, DBCCs, apply indexes/re-indexing, etc.), to meet or exceed baseline stability and performance SLAs on large databases (1 TB+) and large volumes of databases (100+). 
• Create, implement, and maintain SQL DB Health Checks, and have a demonstrated ability to automate SQL health reporting/event notification, and corrective actions. 
• Configure SQL Server monitoring utilities to minimize false alarms, and have a demonstrated ability to monitor/trend SQL environments to determine and implement enhanced monitoring thresholds to prevent incidents and reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR). 
• When performance issues arise, determine the most effective way to increase performance including scaling up or out, server configuration changes, index/query changes, etc. 
• Identify code defects and enhancements and develop a detailed root cause analysis that can be leveraged by the product management and development teams to improve application availability and decrease the total cost of ownership. 
• Ensure databases are being backed up and can be recovered in a manner that meets all BCDR objectives for RPO and RTO. 
• Perform all database management responsibilities in Microsoft Azure for production and non-production workloads.

• Familiar with basic Azure IaaS capabilities, and some experience designing and building MS SQL databases within Azure or AWS is a plus. 
• Experience operating in an ISO certified and/or highly regulated (SSAE, PCI, HIPPA, etc.) hosting operation. 
• Familiar with Dev/Ops concepts, and ideally experience working with a Dev/Ops team focused on implementing and enhancing continuous delivery capabilities. 
• Experience automating SQL Server deployment and configuration through PowerShell, Chef, Puppet, etc. 

• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust Clearance for this role. 
• At least 4 years of experience working as a Microsoft SQL DBA leveraging versions 2008r2 or later. 
• Experience working in a 24/7/365 operation. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or relevant experience 

• Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.  This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus target of 10%, and long-term incentives. The expected salary range for this role is between $83,000 and $101,000. The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position. 

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Benefit Highlights:

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

Flexible work arrangements

Two, week-long company breaks per year

Unlimited time off

Long-term incentive program

Training investment program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.