Database Administrator

Purpose of the Job

HH Global is a global marketing services group specializing in the execution of print, digital and retail media. Providing services to brands and retailers, both directly and via their nominated agencies, HH Global delivers a seamlessly integrated customer brand experience and a greater measurable return on marketing investment. With offices across Europe, the US, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, we deliver for some of the most successful and challenging brands in the world and are a market leader in the coordinated, leveraged, management of global marketing supply chains to unify and synchronize all customer touchpoints across print, digital and retail media.
The SQL Server DBA will perform database administration services for enterprise and SQL Server databases. Provide planning, design, and development throughout project lifecycle along with operational support and maintenance for test and production systems with an emphasis within the domain of SQL tuning and optimization

Key Responsibilities

Perform production support administration tasks including proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, tracing, backup, recovery, and on-call support to ensure availability and performance requirements are achieved.
Support application teams by managing database code deployments.
Implement problem detection and prevention strategies to reduce database issues and improve service quality.
Perform database installations, migrations, patches, and upgrades.
Consult with application teams to provide capacity planning and database deployment recommendations.
Consult with application teams to identify, design, and optimize SQL queries

Knowledge, Skills + Experience

7+ years of SQL Server experience
7+ years of database experience
Fluent English is a must
Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving abilities
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with systems teams are required
Experience with the Microsoft SQL components
Experience with Microsoft SQL replication
Understanding of what developers are trying to accomplish as it relates to the data
Entrepreneurial minded with an internal drive to continuously hit goals and succeed.
Experience with Azure SQL a plus
Experience with MySQL is a plus