Senior SQL Database Administrator

Manpower
Dallas, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary to permanent
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 104K

Job location

Dallas, United States of America

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Backup Devices
Databases
Data Recovery
Database Security
Disaster Recovery
Failover
Microsoft SQL Server
SQL Azure
Performance Tuning
Powershell
SQL Databases
T-SQL
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
System Availability
Database Performance
Indexer

Job description

Administer and support Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VMs

Support AWS databases such as RDS (SQL Server/Aurora) in hybrid environments

Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and restore strategies

Monitor and tune database performance; optimize queries and indexing

Implement database security, access controls, encryption, and auditing

Execute database upgrades, patching, migrations, and capacity planning

Automate routine DBA tasks using TSQL, PowerShell, or scripting tools

Troubleshoot production issues and perform rootcause analysis

Maintain operational documentation and standards

Provide technical guidance as a senior IC"

Requirements

We are looking for a Senior SQL Database Administrator with 10+ years of experience to manage, optimize, and support enterprise database platforms. This is a handson individual contributor role, focused primarily on Azure SQL environments, with some exposure to AWS databases., 10+ years in IT, with 8+ years as a SQL DBA

Experience supporting enterprise, productionscale databases

Technical Skills

Strong experience with Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server

Working knowledge of AWS RDS (SQL Server/Aurora)

HA/DR (Always On, Failover Groups), backup & recovery

Performance tuning and capacity planning

Database security and compliance

Nice to Have

Azure or SQL Server certifications

Experience in regulated or large enterprise environments"

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