Lead SQL DBA

Quantum World Technologies Inc
Wichita, KS, United States
13 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows IBM AIX Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Databases Database Connection Oracle Data Guard Linux Disaster Recovery Failover Clustering Issue Tracking Systems PostgreSQL
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Microsoft SQL Server SQL Azure Nagios Oracle Databases Oracle (Applications) Query Optimization Red Hat Enterprise Linux Azure Active Directory Migration Manager Recovery Manager (RMAN) SQL Databases SQL Server Agent Virtual Machines Software Vulnerability Management System Availability Firewalls (Computer Science) Sql Tuning User Administration

Job description

Please note position requires to comply and meet with ITAR requirements Microsoft SQL Server (Required) Administration & Operations

  • SQL Server 2016 through SQL Server 2025 administration
  • Backup, restore, recovery, and database refreshes between environments
  • Security administration (logins, users, roles, AD group integration)
  • Database access troubleshooting and permissions management
  • SQL Agent job troubleshooting and maintenance
  • Support ticket processing and incident response

Performance & Availability SQL performance tuning (query tuning, index optimization, execution plan analysis)

  • Windows Failover Clustering and SQL Server clustered instances
  • Always On Availability Groups
  • High availability and disaster recovery planning/testing
  • Storage and capacity management

Maintenance & Upgrades

  • SQL Server migration projects to newer versions
  • Migration planning and execution
  • Database consistency checks and maintenance plans
  • Monitoring and alerting tools experience

Security & AuditDatabase auditing and compliance reporting

  • Vulnerability remediation and security best practices
  • Service account and AD group troubleshooting
  • Least privilege access model implementation

Requirements

Azure & Cloud (Preferred) Basic Microsoft Azure administration experience

  • Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance familiarity
  • Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Instance familiarity
  • Azure Storage Accounts, Blob Storage, and backup/recovery concepts
  • Azure Virtual Machines hosting SQL Server workloads
  • Azure networking awareness (Private Endpoints, VNets, Firewalls)
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Arc awareness
  • Azure identity and access management awareness (Entra ID/Azure AD integration)
  • Experience supporting hybrid SQL environments (on premises and Azure)

Oracle (Preferred / Backup Support as needed) Administration

  • Oracle 9i Data Guard, 10g, 11g on AIX
  • Oracle 12c/19c multitenant architecture (CDB/PDB) on RHEL
  • User account management, password resets, account unlocks
  • Backup/recovery using RMAN
  • Database cloning and refreshes
  • Data Guard monitoring and standby synchronizationPlatform Support
  • General PostgreSQL knowledge, ability to learn on the fly about options available as we onboard new solutions utilizing the tool
  • Oracle on AIX
  • Oracle on RHEL/Linux
  • Listener, TNS, and connectivity troubleshooting

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