SQL Database AdministratorSacramento County Department of Technology is seeking a SQL Database Administrator with expertise in performance tuning, indexing, SQL Clustering, T-SQL, SSRS, and PowerBI. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity.Responsibilities include maintaining data collection and sharing processes, developing SSRS reports and Power BI Dashboards, optimizing database processes, and building stored procedures, views, and functions to support database interactions by applications, services, reports, and dashboards. This contractor will work closely with all members of the Business Analysis and Applications Development Teams, as well as end-user customers.An expert level of knowledge and experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases, SSRS, and PowerBI is required.
This position provides opportunities to contribute to the engineering of new systems and re-engineering of old ones.Critical skills include installing, configuring, and maintaining SQL Server Clusters and PowerBI Report Server, monitoring and optimizing SQL performance, developing complex data extracts, applications, reports, dashboards, and ad-hoc queries using T-SQL, researching, troubleshooting, and resolving data issues, assisting with system analysis and application design within the project team, collaborating with Business Analysts and customers to refine requirements and ensure data quality, contributing to the definition, development, and maintenance of standards and processes, expertise in T-SQL and development of stored procedures, report writing experience with SSRS and PowerBI, driving continuous improvement and automation in BI solutions and processes, and working effectively with System Administrators, Project Managers, Developers, Customers, and Management.Participate in a team development environment using JIRA. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Desirable skills include a degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline, knowledge of data integration (e.g., extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes), ability to develop and troubleshoot SSRS reports and PowerBI dashboards with strong analytical skills, experience with data access performance tuning, and database performance optimization, application development lifecycle knowledge and experience, familiarity with data transport protocols (e.g., SFTP, XML, JDXDML), experience with Case Management data and/or Justice System data, documentation of system support information, basic understanding of networking principles, ability to analyze system resource usage and constraints, strong communication skills; ability to interact at all levels, including management, ability to work independently and follow through on assignments.Other important information includes a background check is required, telecommuting is not offered during the first year, and work location: 8735 Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento, CA.