Database Administrator

Zohorecruit; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrisburg, PA-based PSP - DBA4 A4 SC3 (Database Administrator) position focuses on advanced SQL Server and Azure SQL administration across production systems, migration, security, and performance tuning.

The one-year contract requires 7 years SQL Server DB Admin, 1 year Azure, 3 years Data Analytics, and strong collaboration with developers and vendors; Power BI oversight requested; excellent communication essential.

Qualifications

• SQL Server DB administration experience, 7 years required.
• Data analytics experience, 3 years required.
• Azure database administration experience, 1 year required.
• Data warehouse experience, 1 year required.
• Power BI administration highly desired.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Production DB administration on production servers 4 years required.
• Business systems analysis and design experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Engage in advanced database administration across lifecycle and operations.
• Provide SQL Server and Azure SQL support for critical production systems.
• Ensure health, availability, and performance of databases.
• Migrate and upgrade SQL databases to newer versions and platforms.
• Design, develop, and maintain database models and schemas.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Data Analytics

Azure SQL

Power BI

Data Warehousing

Communication Skills

Tools

Azure

Power BI

Job description

Harrisburg, United States | Posted on 09/25/2026

• Actual Job Title PSP - DBA4 A4 SC3 (Database Administrator)
• Job Type FT Contract
• Contract duration 1 year
• Date Opened 09/25/2026
• Target Date 09/29/2026
• City Harrisburg
• State/Province Pennsylvania
• Country United States
• Number of Positions 1

Job Description

• This position is responsible for advanced technical work in all phases of database administration support; development activities (support the application development lifecycle, planning, design, development, implementation, data migration, quality assurance, data cleanup, and data administration) as well as database operations activities (database administration, database security, assuring availability, server and database monitoring, performance monitoring, SQL software installation and configuration, and Service Pack installations).
• Provides Operations support for SQL Database and Database Server administration support for critical production systems.
• Ensures overall health and availability and quality of services
• Perform Health Checks to review the performance of databases to identify and provide recommendations to enhance performance of databases.
• Performs migration and upgrade of SQL Databases from legacy server\SQL Version to new server\SQL Version.
• Performs data migration by designing programs to optimally extract, cleanse, transform and load data between data sources as part of data migration and data validation support.
• Deploying SQL database solutions within Azure
• Securing Azure SQL resources and data
• Provides Database Design support.
• Defines, develops, and creates databases by assessing requirements.
• Meet with developers and vendors to ascertain requirements and to provide consulting assistance to determine the appropriate database configurations.
• Deploy and maintain database schema changes across test and production environments.
• Provide technical support for the PSP Data Warehouse, Data Marts, and Power BI environments in collaboration with the Lead Power BI Administrator.
• Deploy, configure, secure, backup, and maintain Azure SQL database solutions.
• Integrate Azure SQL resources with other Azure services to support enterprise applications and data solutions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure SQL and SQL Server Database performance and availability.
• Support the migration of on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure SQL.
• Design, develop, and maintain logical and physical database models based on business and technical requirements. Review and validate data models and data dictionaries to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
• Develop and maintain database structures, including tables, relationships, and normalization, to ensure data integrity, efficiency, and minimize redundancy.
• Collaborate with developers, business stakeholders, and vendors to gather requirements and recommend appropriate database architectures and configurations.
• Coordinate database backup and restore requests with the backup administration team.

Role Description

• Engages in ongoing process improvement.
• Knowledgeable in data analysis and database management techniques.
• Execution of all responsibilities with little direct supervision of Team Lead.
• Determine time estimates and schedule for own work and resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Identify and track issues, risks, and action items.
• Coordinates with vendors and service providers to resolve technical support issues
• Assists in coordinating software releases.
• Manages and provides status update on all work activities.
• Able to work in a team environment.
• Complete assigned tasks.

Required/Desired Skills: (Please add any additional required/desired skills)

SQL Server Database Administration experienceRequired 7 years

Data Analytics experience Required 3 years

Azure Database Administration experience Required 1 year

Data Warehouse experience Required 1 year

Business systems analysis and design experienceDesired

Worked in Database Administration on Production ServersRequired 4 years

Provides high quality and professional customer serviceRequired

Power BI Administration Highly Desired

Requirements

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

SQL Server Database Administration experience
Required
7
Years

Worked in Database Administration on Production Servers
Required
4
Years

Data Analytics experience
Required
3
Years

Azure Database Administration experience
Required
1
Years

Data Warehouse experience
Required
1
Years

Excellent Communication Skills
Required

Provides high quality and professional customer service
Required

Power BI Administration
Highly desired

Business systems analysis and design experience
Desired