Database Administrator

Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan, test, and implement safe modifications to production database environments as part of application releases, upgrades, and maintenance cycles.
• Develop, review, and optimize SQL code, including complex queries, stored procedures, and DDL changes, to ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Monitor and proactively tune SQL Server instances for performance, capacity, availability, and security.
• Partner with application development and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot database-related issues and implement long-term solutions.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to database standards, best practices, and performance guidelines.
• Support mission-critical operational systems; the work performed in this role has high visibility and direct business impact.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of experience administering and supporting Microsoft SQL Server in a production environment.
• Solid working knowledge of SQL Server architecture, database design, and performance tuning concepts, including indexing, query optimization, and execution plans.
• Experience supporting High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions such as Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, or log shipping.
• Working knowledge of SQL Server security, including authentication models, permissions, and basic auditing.
• Ability to develop, modify, and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and DDL changes with minimal supervision.
• Experience monitoring SQL Server performance and responding to performance or availability issues.
• Ability to independently manage day-to-day DBA tasks while escalating complex issues appropriately.
• Comfortable working in an existing, complex production environment and contributing to ongoing improvements.