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# Database Administrator I.

- **Company:** D. R. Horton
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Data Loss, Data Migration, Data Transformation Services, Database Servers, Database Schema, Human-Computer Interaction, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, User Defined Functions, Software Engineering, SQL Stored Procedures, Database Performance
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://drhorton.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=2604414

## About the Role

* High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
 * Zero to two years' experience as a Production SQL Server or DBA
 * Strong verbal communication and written documentation skills
 * Proficiency with MS Office and email

Preferred Qualifications

 * Associate degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred
 * Ability to multi-task and attention to detail

## Description

* Perform daily monitoring and analysis of databases and database servers to ensure the continuance of operations
 * Perform database performance analysis and tuning to ensure optimal system performance. Major areas of support in this area will include sizing, throughput, scalability, and dependability
 * Ensure the security of databases
 * Perform regular backups of all databases and database servers
 * Perform restorations of backups in case of system failure or data loss
 * Review all changes to existing production databases to ensure that such changes do not negatively impact database performance or reliability
 * Collaborate with software developers to implement new database schemas, stored procedures, user defined functions, data transformation service packages, scheduled jobs, etc.
 * Promote database changes through software development lifecycle process
 * Follow the pre-defined development standards for naming conventions, user interface, etc.
 * Migrate data from existing databases to new databases or between database environments
 * Conducts all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company
 * Ability to participate in on call rotation
 * Ability to work overtime
 * Ability to travel overnight


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