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SQL Database Administrator - Senior Associate

4 Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-04 → 2026-07-30

Core

Senior-level SQL Server engineer responsible for owning the reliability, performance, security, and availability of enterprise SQL databases, managing complex multi-node clusters, and leading high-impact database changes and modernization initiatives.

Role type

Senior IC SQL Database Administrator

Builds

Enterprise SQL database environments, DR strategies, and automation frameworks for indexing, stats updates, and health checks

Domain

Enterprise IT Infrastructure / Database Administration

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Advanced SQL Server Administration, Performance Engineering, Backup/Restore & Disaster Recovery, Security & Compliance, ITSM Responsibilities, Modernization & Automation

Preferred skills

Knowledge of MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS/Aurora, Terraform, Ansible, Solarwinds SQL Diagnostics

Technologies

SQL Server, AlwaysOn AGs, Multi-subnet clusters, T-SQL, PL/SQL, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, Ansible, Solarwinds SQL Diagnostics

Responsibilities

Manage complex environments with AlwaysOn AGs, multi-subnet clusters, and geo-distributed DR; Tune cluster quorum settings, failover policies, and read routing; Perform deep-dive performance tuning using DMVs, execution plan analysis, and wait statistics; Design and maintain enterprise backup strategies and execute PIT recovery; Implement role/security policies, least-privilege models, and data masking; Lead major database changes, patch cycles, and migrations through CAB; Build automation frameworks for indexing, stats updates, and DR validation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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