Job Description

Azure SQL Database Administrator

Position Description
CGI is seeking an Azure SQL Database Administrator to provide technical expertise in designing, managing, and administering databases in Azure. You will engage in modernization activities to migrate databases to Azure and provide ongoing DBA support.

Your future duties and responsibilities
• Ensure high availability and optimal performance of production databases hosted in Azure.
• Ensure proper hardware resources are allocated to the databases for purposes of high resilience and performance tuning.
• Proactively monitor the database systems and suggest performance improvements.
• Ensure that solution exhibits high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and problem solving SQL database issues.
• Assist developers to optimize, tune and enhance database queries.
• Design, develop, optimize, and execute planned and adhoc SQL for enhancements and information gathering.
• Participate in implementations of database architectural changes to make database infrastructure highly scalable and optimized.
• Participate with the team's On-call/Off-hours rotation.
• Involved in the design process with Client, DevOps, and other technical teams to implement solutions.
• Liaise with managers and staff of application and development teams to ensure consistent application of the tactical and strategic directions of the client.
• Meeting and exceeding SLAs.
• Prepared for advancing technology.
• Effective patch management and upgrade management.
• Lead/participate in database migrations, audits and version upgrades.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Experience in following technologies:
Azure SQL DB
Azure Cloud
SQL
Managing PaaS resources in Azure
Understanding and ability to work with Infrastructure as code, CI/CD Pipelines, Azure Resource Manager

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/NON-ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

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Est. Salary Range (Colorado Only): $75K-$125K*

*Disclaimer: In accordance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, effective January 1, 2021, a good faith hourly or base salary range must be posted for all positions where the work may be performed in the state of Colorado. Therefore, this good faith salary range will only apply where this described position will be performed in the state, and should not be considered the compensation range in other locations or for other positions.

At CGI we call our professionals "members" to reinforce that all who join our team are, as owners, empowered to participate in the challenges and rewards that come from building a world-class company. CGI's benefits include:
• Competitive base salaries
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category
• 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members
• Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans
• Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment;
• Back-up child care, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more

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It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change-supporting our clients' digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status or characteristics.

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Skills

• Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Problem Solving/DecisionMaking
• SQL