Azure SQL Database & Data Platform DBA

Adaptive Solutions Group; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401k plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Adaptive Solutions Group is seeking a Database Administrator to join our team, handling SQL Server across on-premises and Azure environments in the St. Louis and Kansas City area.

You will ensure database availability, performance, security, and data integrity for mission-critical systems, develop ETL pipelines, and support Power BI datasets while collaborating with analytics and data governance teams to enable enterprise reporting and BI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.
• 3-5 years of experience administering relational database systems in a production environment.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server in both on-premises and Azure environments.
• Experience with Azure SQL Database and/or Azure SQL Managed Instance, including configuration, administration, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure data services such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage, or Azure Data Factory.
• Experience integrating and administering data across enterprise applications and third-party or cloud-hosted platforms.
• Strong knowledge of relational database design, normalization, indexing, and query optimization.
• Proficiency with T-SQL.
• Knowledge of database security, access controls, encryption, and auditing.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases across on-premises and Azure cloud environments.
• Ensure database availability, performance, security, and data integrity for mission-critical enterprise systems.
• Support backup, recovery, high-availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Monitor and troubleshoot database and data management issues across applications.
• Manage data integration across Microsoft technologies and third-party platforms.
• Develop and maintain reports, stored procedures, views, and other database objects.
• Collaborate with reporting, analytics, and data governance teams to support BI initiatives.
• Support Power BI datasets, data models, and semantic layers.
• Coordinate database patches, upgrades, and maintenance with minimal disruption.
• Develop and maintain documentation for database architecture and procedures.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerShell

Power BI

Job description

Adaptive Solutions Group is seeking a Database Administrator to join our team, handling SQL Server across on-premises and Azure environments in the St. Louis and Kansas City area.

You will ensure database availability, performance, security, and data integrity for mission-critical systems, develop ETL pipelines, and support Power BI datasets while collaborating with analytics and data governance teams to enable enterprise reporting and BI initiatives.