SQL Data Administrator II - NBC Sports Next

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SPORTS NEXT

NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We’re fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology. We’re a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to leading technology platforms and digital applications for Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Emerging Media.  

At NBC Sports Next, we equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; SportsEngine Play, the first ever streaming service for youth and amateur sports, GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; and GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, instructional content and more.  

GOLF

Golf fuses the team behind products and services like GolfNow, TeeOff and GolfPass, which better connects golfers and golf facilities around the world through innovative solutions like cloud-based golf course management and SmartPlay contactless technology and services that create optimum golfing experiences.. 

The SQL Database Administrator II, participates in the design, development, implementation, review, and monitoring of all database environments. The SQL Database Administrator II will work closely with the software Development, Data Engineering, and QA teams to ensure that each team has the resources needed to run efficiently and effectively and to provide guidelines and recommendations on best practices in the field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and monitor database servers across environments including but not limited to Production, QA, and Development Environments.
• Ensure High Availability and meet SLAs for systems across environments.
• Design and implement monitoring solutions to achieve HA and SLA goals.
• Reviews and audit all environments for best practices in security.
• Assist in TSQL development (check-in, review, build, testing, and deployment) and support of SQL CI/CD life cycle.
• Assist developers in best practices for writing queries / procedures.
• Performs tuning to identify system performance bottlenecks.
• Assist in system capacity planning.
• Creates and implements new environments based on the needs of the business.
• Designs and implements data systems integration.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• At least 5+ years of hands on SQL Server experience.
• Strong Knowledge of MS SQL Server, TSQL, Power Shell, and coding best practices.
• Knowledge of MySQL & Postgres preferred.
• Strong Knowledge of AWS Clouds Service(s) such as RDS and EC2.
• Experience using Source Control (GitHub) to maintain scripts and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) of databases throughout SDLC.
• Strong Understanding of SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery technologies, such as availability groups, backups and restores, FCI, log shipping, mirroring, and replication.
• Strong SQL Server administration skills, such as backups, restores, taking and reverting snapshots, user/role security, access permissions, etc.
• Understanding of SQL Server concurrency features, transactions, and locking.
• Experience with SQL Server debugging and tracing.
• Experience using full text search and XML in SQL Server.
• Experience in SQL performance analysis and optimization (tuning / optimization).
• Associates degree, preferably in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience using Atlassian Jira & Confluence

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

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Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to SpinCo in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.

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