IT Database Administrator

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Azure Database Administrator to design, implement, secure, and optimize cloud database platforms supporting mission-critical applications for our associates and clients.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise across Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Cosmos DB, with strong performance tuning, automation, and governance skills. Key responsibilities include:

• Administration and Operations: provision, configure, and maintain Azure database services, manage backups, restores, disaster recovery, and geo-replication, and establish RPO/RTO targets and failover procedures/runbooks.
• Performance and Reliability: conduct query optimization and tuning, optimize Cosmos DB partition keys, RU throughput, consistency levels, and indexing policies, and tune PostgreSQL settings and SQL Server configurations.
• Security, Compliance, and Governance: implement least privilege access, RBAC/ABAC, and Managed Identities, enforce encryption in transit and at rest, and manage secrets with Azure Key Vault.
• Automation and DevOps: automate administrative tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and scripting, implement infrastructure-as-code for database provisioning and configuration, and integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines.
• Data Lifecycle and Migrations: plan and execute migrations between on-prem and Azure or across Azure services, validate data integrity and performance post-migration, and document data retention policies, archival strategies, and lifecycle management.
• Incident Response and Support: troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes, create clear operational documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: partner with application development, SRE, architecture, security, and platform teams to deliver stable, scalable solutions for our clients.

Requirements

Required qualifications include:

• 5+ years of hands-on database administration experience, including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Cosmos DB.
• Strong Azure expertise: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Alerts, Key Vault, Private Link, VNets, RBAC, Managed Identities, Defender for Cloud.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation: PowerShell and Azure CLI.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD integration.
• Proven track record in security hardening, auditing, and compliance-oriented database management.

Preferred qualifications include experience with hybrid environments, migration to Azure, data governance, retention, and archival strategies, and exposure to streaming and integration patterns.

Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field is required, or equivalent experience. Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300) is strongly preferred.

Skills

Core competencies include ownership, accountability, and a bias for automation, clear written and verbal communication, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and collaboration and stakeholder management.

Benefits

Benefit highlights include medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision, HSA with company match, maternity and parental leave, tuition reimbursement, mentor program, and 401(k) with 6% match.

Pay and Schedule

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. The schedule is Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, with on-site work in Memphis, Tennessee, or in the First Horizon footprint, and after-hours support for deployments, DR tests, and incident response.