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# IT Database Administrator Sr.

- **Company:** Panasonic Avionics Corporation
- **Location:** Irvine, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $174,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Databases, System Configuration, Software Debugging, Distributed Computing Environment, Fault Tolerance, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Windows Servers, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Windows PowerShell, Service Pack, Transact-SQL, VMware Virtualization, System Availability, Performance Monitor, Network Server
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/4AAA68E803194060957728E77FD935C3/job/

## About the Role

* li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Strong understanding of architecting, implementing, configuring, and supporting Microsoft SQL Server technologies in a global enterprise environment with 24/7/365 availability, including High Availability and Fault Tolerance technologies
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Ability to create, customize, debug, and deploy scripts (PowerShell, TSQL, etc.).
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Familiarity with VMware virtualization platform and Azure-based IaaS/PaaS Microsoft SQL Server solutions.
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Familiarity with storage subsystems as they relate to Microsoft SQL Server operations.
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a national and global teams., * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or Microsoft SQL certifications.
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">5+ years of enterprise experience as a Microsoft SQL Server database administrator for SQL Server 2019 and later.
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">2+ years of Azure SQL database operations background strongly preferred.
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">5+ years of experience in working with a large enterprise distributed computing environment.
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Other relevant certifications are a plus, especially relating to Microsoft Windows Server support

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">English language fluency for written and spoken communication, including documentation creation for various audiences and occasional presentations to internal teams and management
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Ability to work sitting for extended periods (up to 2 hours at a time, up to 8 hours a day)
 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Up to 10% travel domestic and international as needed.

## Description

Design, deploy, maintain, manage, tune, and troubleshoot the Microsoft SQL servers and database components that are hosted on-premises and in the cloud (IaaS/PaaS). Install and upgrade MS SQL (Windows-based systems and servers), managing access to the servers, and maintaining the security and stability of the MS SQL Server infrastructure.

Responsibilities

What We're looking for:

 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Troubleshoot and resolve SQL Server system and database issues, including root cause analysis and mitigation of future issues
 * Collaborate and communicate with support personnel with internal departments and vendor partners
 * Provide timely and efficient support to assigned operations
 * Coordinate day-to-day operations of Microsoft SQL environments including servers, services, and security
 * Apply security patches and hotfixes
 * Handle weekly on-call rotation shifts as well as act as escalation for MS SQL services from other on-call staff members

li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Architect/Design Work:

 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Work with stakeholders and other technical teams to collect business and technical requirements and present enterprise or department/application specific solutions
 * Scope, plan, design, document, implement, and align a globally distributed Microsoft SQL Server services infrastructure, including maintenance plans, backups, upgrades, performance monitoring and tuning, and migration as per company policy for large scale organizations.

li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Documentation and Compliance:

 * li",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"ulli",335572020,"1",469778324,"Normal"]}">Create and maintain documentation of new and existing Microsoft SQL environments, processes, workflows, troubleshooting, licensing, etc for global enterprise
 * Assist in ensuring alignment with PAC policies and procedures
 * Support audits (internal/external) for all Microsoft SQL Server subject areas.


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