Senior Database Administrator

Job description: Ruesch International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Travelex, the world**s leading foreign exchange and international business payments specialist. Through its subsidiaries and branches, Travelex operates in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Africa and the United Kingdom.

Ruesch specializes in global business-to-business payment solutions that help clients streamline payment processes, control global risk and integrate their payment systems. The company currently services over 15,000 corporate clients and processes more than $30 billion payments annually. We are headquartered in Washington, DC and have more than 25 years of experience in the payment processing industry.

Ruesch International is recruiting for a Senior Database Administrator to join our technical team working on cutting edge, real time global payments systems using a Microsoft SQL Server platform. If you are interested in developing and working with the next generation of global financial services systems, Ruesch is the place for you.

Responsibilities:
The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for systems that host the corporate data repositories on a MS SQL server platform in a secure, global, enterprise environment. The Senior DBA will utilize their technical expertise to review, evaluate, design, implement, and maintain the company**s databases. A successful candidate will work closely with network analysts, server support, and software developers, ensuring the full integration and smooth functioning of the database portion of the system environment.

Other responsibilities include:
**Performing daily maintenance including backing up and optimizing databases
**Working with the development team to optimize application performance with respect to back-end access
**Identifying data sources, constructing data decomposition diagrams, providing data flow diagrams and documenting database procedures
**Working closely with software development team in the rollout of new software on a regular basis
**Providing technical support to development and quality assurance teams
**Performing ad hoc queries and reporting for decision support
**Handling complex database administrative features and technical design

Requirements
**Bachelor**s degree in Computer Science or related area of study
**Minimum of 5 years of experience in the field
**3+ years of experience working as an applications database administrator on MS SQL Server 2000 or 2005
**Extensive experience with T-SQL optimization and troubleshooting in a production environment
**Proven command of monitoring mission critical production DB servers and business processes
**Proven command of database design and architecture, as well as the field**s concepts, practices, and procedures
**Able to learn and master new technology quickly and improve personal performance through continual self-study
**Desire and commitment to providing outstanding security and customer service
**Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously
**Strong interpersonal and team relationship skills and able to work well individually or as part of a team
**Exceptional written and oral communication skills

A plus but not required:
**MCDBA
**Familiarity with software development lifecycle process
**Experience in a transaction processing business environment
**Experience in software development using Microsoft tools and technologies

Ruesch is an equal opportunity employer that believes in growing and promoting a diverse work force. We believe in creating an environment where you can be challenged and improve your skills, gain professional development within your discipline, build your resume, and work with other motivated individuals. Our organization also firmly believes in an open door policy for all staff and we foster open communications between all disciplines, departments, and offices within the company at large.

Ruesch associates are remunerated for their efforts with competitive salaries and benefits packages.