Job description

Corsearch is the premier provider of clearance and protection solutions for trademark and brand professionals. Corsearch has over 350 employees serving over 5000 on 5 continents, and we’re growing and changing…FAST!

Why work as Database Administrator at Corsearch?

Our Database Administrator professionals will be solving unique and exciting challenges, which will genuinely appeal to someone looking for something distinctive. We’ve had very positive customer feedback, we’re growing fast and we’re proud to be backed by Audex. Corsearch can be special, and this is an opportunity to build something truly unique, which you’ll be able to look back on with pride and industry-wide recognition – our technical requirements are complex and the right person will be a major part of the Corsearch success story.

What will you do?

• Formulate and define systems scope and objectives through needs analysis and business requirements.
• Manage and administer the study, analysis, and evaluation of current and projected database systems and procedures, as well as the design, implementation, and maintenance of revised or new systems.
• Major aspects of database management include analysis, design, creation, maintenance, security, data backup, data recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, data migration, query tuning, writing advanced SQL, scheduled maintenance, disaster recover, and documentation.
• Develop and establish department standards and procedures, and coordinate the technical support and direction to programming, operations and other departments.
• Overall responsibilities for project status, meetings, reporting, scope changes, financials, administrative and technical issues.
• Primary liaison for Technical & Business teams.
• 24/7 support of production database services to ensure the highest standards of availability resilience, integrity, security and performance required by our business.
• Administration, performance monitoring, reporting, and tuning of MS SQL databases.
• Management and maintenance of backups and recovery procedures
• Installation and maintenance of database server, replication and client environments

Requirements

What do we ask of you?

• Ability to work non-standard office hours to meet critical maintenance and release schedules.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems independently.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively.
• Expert knowledge of database security methodologies.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems independently.
• Strong understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery processes and procedures.
• 7+ years as an MS SQL DBA
• 7+ years of experience in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Exceptional experience administering various cloud based multi-Terabyte, 24x7 uptime MS SQL databases as a Systems/Infra DBA required
• Strong experience working with MS SQL in a UNIX environment required
• Strong, proven MS SQL Database Performance Diagnostic skills (at both the SQL and system levels) required
• Extensive experience with Backup and Recovery.
• Self-starter capability, ability to acquire new skills autonomously.
• Demonstrably solid written and verbal communication skills to drive projects to successful conclusion.

Preferred Skills

• Database system experience ie. MS SQL / Postgres

Desired education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline or equivalent work experience.

What’s in it for you?

• 25 vacation days to recharge your batteries.
• Pension plan to support you at a later stage of your life.
• You don’t live right next to the office? No problem! We’ll reimburse you for home-work commuting.
• You get to work with a fun, diverse team from over 30 different nationalities.
• Are you an early bird or do you prefer to take it easy in the morning? Good thing we offer flexible working hours!
• Out-of-office activities to participate in (football team, bootcamp, etc.)
• A supply of snacks and drinks to power you throughout the day

What do you do next?

If this sounds interesting, click apply and introduce yourself! We’d love to have a chat to get to know each other (either at our office or through Skype). We will be sure to keep you posted about the recruitment process every step of the way, which may also include an assessment. We very much look forward to hearing from you!