• Administer, maintain, and support Microsoft SQL Server databases across production, test, development, and disaster recovery environments.

• Monitor database performance and proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve performance bottlenecks, blocking issues, and resource constraints.

• Design, implement, and maintain database backup, recovery, and high-availability solutions to ensure business continuity and system availability.

• Perform database installations, upgrades, patches, migrations, and configuration changes in accordance with organizational standards and change management processes.

• Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures and regularly test backup and recovery processes.

• Optimize database performance through indexing strategies, query tuning, execution plan analysis, and capacity planning.

• Implement and maintain database security, including user access management, role-based permissions, encryption, and auditing controls.

• Monitor database health, storage utilization, and system capacity, and recommend infrastructure improvements as needed.

• Collaborate with application, integration, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to support enterprise applications and interfaces.

• Support enterprise applications by ensuring database reliability, availability, and performance.

• Develop and maintain SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, and automation solutions to improve operational efficiency.

• Troubleshoot database-related incidents and participate in root cause analysis and problem management activities.

• Create and maintain database documentation, standards, procedures, and architecture diagrams.

• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and security standards related to data management and protection.

• Participate in on-call support and provide after-hours support for critical database issues, upgrades, and maintenance activities.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field required.

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

• Microsoft SQL Server or database administration certifications preferred, such as:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

• Microsoft SQL Server certification or equivalent database-related credential

• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience administering Microsoft SQL Server databases in a production enterprise environment.

• Strong knowledge of SQL Server database administration, performance tuning, indexing, backup and recovery, security, and high availability.

• Experience supporting production, test, development, and disaster recovery database environments.

• Working knowledge of SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, clustering, replication, log shipping, and other business continuity technologies preferred.

• Experience with database monitoring, troubleshooting, query optimization, execution plan analysis, and capacity planning.

• Ability to write, review, and troubleshoot T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, and database jobs.

• Familiarity with Windows Server, Active Directory, storage, networking, and virtualization concepts as they relate to database systems.

• Experience with cloud-based database platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure SQL or Azure database services, preferred.

• Knowledge of data security practices, role-based access controls, encryption, auditing, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, analytics, and integration teams.

• Ability to prioritize work, manage multiple tasks, and support critical systems in a fast-paced environment.

• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and provide after-hours support for critical incidents, maintenance, upgrades, and deployments.

• Working knowledge of MySQL Database Administration.