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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SQL Server Database Administrator - Consultant - **Company:** SHVAAS CONSULTING LLC - **Location:** Columbia, SC, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $158,080.0 - $166,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** .NET Framework, Software Applications, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Databases, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Migration, Data Structures, Data Warehousing, Database Queries, DevOps, Microsoft SQL Server, Performance Tuning, Power BI, Application Data, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Databases, SQL Server Agent, Visual Analytics, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Backend, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Database Backup, Software Version Control, Sql Database Administration - **Published:** May 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1a9a127984f0c7c5 ## About the Role * 7+ years of experience with SQL Database Administration & Operations * 3+ years of experience with Performance Tuning & Optimization * 3+ years of experience with Data Integrity & Governance Support * 3+ years of experience with Data Warehouse Architecture & Reporting Support * 3+ years of experience with Security & Compliance * 3+ years of experience with Automation & DevOps Support * Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills * Experience in judicial, government, or public sector environments * Power BI backend optimization * .NET application data access patterns * Always On Availability Groups * Azure DevOps * Experience cleaning legacy data structures across multiple counties or jurisdictions Others * Authorized work statuses accepted: U.S. Citizen, Green Card holder, and H-4 EAD * Candidate location: Candidate must be a CURRENT SC resident. No relocation allowed. ## Description This position will provide advanced database administration, performance tuning, security hardening, disaster recovery planning, and cross-database standardization support for enterprise SQL Server environments supporting: Specific Duties Include (But Are Not Limited To) * Statewide Case Management Systems (CMS environments) * Judicial Data Warehouse (DW) * Public Index & Reporting Systems * Power BI and Interactive Data Dashboards * Cross-county reporting standardization initiatives * Integrated court and justice partner systems The DBA will work closely with the Deputy Director of Applications, IT Applications Development Manager, developers, data analysts, and infrastructure teams to ensure: * Data integrity * High availability * Performance optimization * Compliance with statewide data governance initiatives, * SQL Server Administration (v2016+) * Administer and maintain SQL Server instances across multiple judicial environments * Manage contained users, authentication models, and database-level security * Configure and monitor SQL Agent jobs, maintenance plans, and index strategies * Implement and validate backup/restore procedures and disaster recovery plans * Support high availability configurations (Always On, clustering where applicable) * Performance Tuning & Optimization * Optimize large-scale tables supporting court case data * Analyze and tune: Stored procedures, Dynamic SQL, Cross-database queries, CTE-heavy workloads and Index fragmentation and statistics * Review and optimize ETL loops across multiple CMS databases * Reduce blocking, deadlocks, and long-running transactions * Implement partitioning strategies where appropriate * Data Integrity & Standardization * Assist with: Referential integrity enforcement, Foreign key reconciliation, Identity reseeding and Data remediation & cleanup * Support statewide standardization of: County codes, Circuit mappings, Court type alignment and Roster type consistency * Ensure alignment with the Chief Justice's data initiative and reporting aggregation standards * Data Warehouse & Reporting Support * Optimize fact/dimension loading processes * Support performance tuning for Power BI reporting back-end queries * Assist with: Indexed views, Aggregation tables and Incremental load strategies * Collaborate on data quality validation routines * Security & Compliance * Harden SQL Server instances against unauthorized access * Review role-based security for judicial data * Ensure compliance with: Judicial confidentiality standards, CJIS considerations (where applicable), Monitor audit logs and security events * Support WAF/SQL visibility requirements for secure application traffic * Work with Imperva or similar security appliances * Automation & DevOps Support * Assist in scripting deployment pipelines for: Schema changes, Stored procedure deployments, Data migration scripts and Support version control integration * Create reusable administrative scripts for: Multi-database updates, Password rotation, Security audits and Cross-environment validation ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Hacking MSSQL on Cloud. 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