Overview:

Celanese is a Fortune 500 global chemical and specialty materials company that engineers and manufactures products essential to everyday living. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Celanese employs approximately 13,300 dedicated people working at more than 50 owned and operated manufacturing facilities across 27 countries. We are committed to employee growth and creating shareholder value, and strive to make a difference in the communities where we operate. Our company focuses on the safety of its employees, provides competitive compensation (including benefits starting Day 1), and emphasizes giving back to the community. For more information about Celanese and our products please visit www.celanese.com

Responsibilities:

* Responsible for the daily operation and performance of SQL Server instances in both on-prem and Cloud environments

* Installation and configuration of database server instances, according to Celanese standards and best practices

* Troubleshoot database server service outages as they occur, including after-hours and weekends

* Monitor database servers for required maintenance, including database backup and disaster recovery, database version lifecycles and patching

* Review and execute database change scripts provided by third party vendors and application development teams, providing guidance and modifications as needed

* Follow Celanese standard ITIL and DevOps processes for Incident and Change Management

* Review and maintain proper database security, applying least privilege model

* Monitor and troubleshoot database performance utilizing best practices for optimizing hardware, O/S and instance configuration, and database architecture design

* Create and maintain database inventory information

Qualifications:

REQUIRED SKILLS:

* Strong technical skills and at least 2 years of experience supporting SQL Server
* Capability to work with project managers and service delivery owners, and development teams to help design and document support processes.
* Candidate must be able to communicate effectively, while working in a team environment. Excellent written, verbal and communication skills are required. Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook are part of this requirement.
* Candidate must understand ITIL and DevOps change management processes.

NICE TO HAVE:

* Windows Server administration skills
* Experience with Service Now
* Technical experience with Powershell or similar scripting language for automating database maintenance activities.
* Knowledge and experience with HA failover clustering and availability groups
* Knowledge and experience with Oracle RDBMS
* Experience utilizing SQL Server TDE
* Microsoft Azure (fundamentals or data) certification
* Knowledge and experience of VEEAM for database backup and recovery