[Hiring] SQL Server Database Consultant @Pythian

Role Description

Are you a community-minded SQL Server DBA? Inspired by ever-shifting challenges, constant growth and collaboration with a team of peers who push you constantly to up your game? At Pythian, we are actively shaping what it means to be a database administrator, and we want you to be a part of the world’s largest team of MSSQL professionals. As a SQL Server Database Consultant you will, as part of a team based approach, supply complete support for all aspects of database and application infrastructure to a variety of clients, as assigned.

If this is you, and you wonder what it would be like to work at Pythian, reach out to us and find out!

What you will be doing:

• Coordinating, analyzing, designing, implementing and administering IT solutions based on Microsoft's Data Platform.
• Recommending best practices for improvements to current operational processes.
• Configuring and maintaining database servers.
• Supporting SQL Server Database services.
• Administering backup procedures and disaster recovery plans.
• Troubleshooting operational problems.
• Administering proactive daily checks.
• Responding to monitoring alerts.
• Presenting technical courses to customers and peers.
• Participating in on-call coverage rotation plan.
• Communicating status and planning activities to customers and team members.

Qualifications

• Installing, configuring and upgrading from previous SQL Server versions like 2008 up to 2025 databases.
• SQL Server Administration including: Managing Server and Database storage.
• SQL Server third party tools.
• Performance tuning of database server.
• SQL Server management tools.
• Designing and implementing various backup/recovery strategies.
• Replication, log shipping, mirroring, clustering, Always On Availability Groups.
• SSRS & Power BI, SSIS, and BI experience.
• Coding scripts, procedures, functions, etc.
• Strong T-SQL scripting and tuning experience.
• Performance tuning experience.
• Experience in VSCode and GitHub integration.
• Developing methods for monitoring database systems.
• SSAS: Support of cubes, ETL processes and data warehouse environments.
• Supporting cloud migrations and environments would be considered an asset.
• Awareness of development practices including but not limited to agile and waterfall.
• Working directly with external customers.
• Project management notions.
• White paper writing, blogging and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Administering cloud solutions including but not limited to Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
• Developing cloud solutions including but not limited to Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
• Ability to lead and design technical project roadmaps with clients and internally.
• PowerShell experience is an advantage.
• Automation experience is an advantage.

Requirements

• Interfacing with external customers, strong customer service focus with the ability to maintain customer expectations and priorities.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Self-motivated and directed, while working in a fast-paced demanding environment.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Very effective organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Demonstrate sound work ethics.
• Understanding of current IT service standards such as ITIL.
• Undergraduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology or related field or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.
• Flexibly work remotely from your home, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office! All you need is a stable internet connection.
• Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!
• Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like!
• We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!
• Pythian cares about the health and well-being of our team. You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more).
• You will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity.