IT Database Administrator

Summary Job Summary IT Database Administrator (DBA) Springfield, MA Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server environments for retail, distribution, and corporate systems. Monitor and ensure database health, performance, storage utilization, replication, and scheduled jobs. Perform essential database maintenance activities, including backups, index maintenance, patching, and integrity verification. Investigate and resolve performance issues and troubleshoot production incidents involving databases and integrations. Manage database security, including permissions, roles, access reviews, and adherence to security best practices. Support development teams with performance tuning, query optimization, and deployment activities. Maintain up-to-date database documentation, standards, operating procedures, and architecture diagrams. Participate in root cause analysis for database-related incidents. Assist with data migration, modernization, and database consolidation projects. Automate recurring DBA tasks using SQL, PowerShell, or other approved tools. Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security, DevOps, and application teams on enterprise initiatives. Ensure database reliability, performance, availability, and scalability. Contribute to modernization initiatives, automation efforts, and long-term database strategy.