Database Administrator – SQL
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Azure SQL Database Administrator operating high-volume production databases for SHI, a global IT solutions provider. Managing Azure data services, performance, availability, security, and customer incident response.
Responsibilities:
- Administer, monitor, maintain, optimize, patch, and troubleshoot Azure SQL Managed Instances, SQL Server on Azure IaaS, and associated SQL workloads
- Monitor and troubleshoot database health, performance, connectivity, availability, replication, synchronization, storage growth, blocking, deadlocks, and transaction throughput
- Implement and maintain indexing, statistics, query tuning, and capacity management practices for high-volume transactional databases
- Administer and troubleshoot Azure Data Factory pipelines and SQL integrations
- Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure SQL Elastic Jobs
- Support Azure analytics services, SSRS, SSAS, and SSIS
- Monitor and troubleshoot Change Data Capture, SQL Agent processes, retention behavior, latency, and downstream dependencies
- Configure, test, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure SQL failover groups, failover/failback operations, and replication
- Perform planned maintenance, database deployments, schema changes, and production updates through change control processes
- Develop operational documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and disaster recovery runbooks
- Lead or participate in managed services projects aligned with customer objectives
- Engage directly with customers during incident response, change requests, meetings, and status communications
- Maintain documentation and PSA system records, including weekly timesheet submissions
- Support audits, compliance initiatives, on-call rotations, and technical escalations
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent hands-on experience
- 3–5 years of experience supporting Microsoft SQL database environments
- At least 2–3 years administering production SQL workloads in Microsoft Azure
- Experience supporting Azure SQL Managed Instances and SQL Server on Azure IaaS virtual machines
- Strong knowledge of backup and restore strategies, high availability and disaster recovery, and performance tuning and optimization
- Experience with large or complex database environments, high transaction volumes, and replication/synchronization workloads
- Experience supporting Azure Data Factory, Elastic Jobs, Azure Analytics Services, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, and CDC
- Experience with version control tools such as Git, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms
- Strong documentation and change control discipline
- Ability to travel up to 10% annually
- Participation in a rotating on-call schedule for after-hours and holiday support
- Ability to meet utilization targets established by leadership
- Must successfully pass a CJIS background check upon hire and annually thereafter
- One or more database-related certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
- ITIL v3+ certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
- Familiarity with IT Glue, Autotask, ServiceNow, and other documentation platforms is preferred
- Experience with database automation or scripting is preferred
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines or database deployment automation is preferred
Benefits:
- Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities
- Health, wellness, and financial benefits
- World-class facilities and the technology needed to thrive, in offices or remotely
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits
- 401K
- Flexible spending
- Bonus included in the estimated annual compensation range
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