Database Administrator

BuzzClan; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BuzzClan in Tallahassee, FL is seeking an experienced SQL Server/ Azure SQL DBA to manage enterprise databases, ensure security, and optimize performance. The role also covers installation, patching, DR planning, ETL integration, and collaboration with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions. Strong T-SQL skills and Azure experience are required; certifications are a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise SQL Server administration experience.
• Hands-on Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance expertise.
• Proficient in T-SQL, indexing, execution plans, and performance tuning.
• Experience designing ETL/ELT processes and data integration.
• Strong knowledge of security, auditing, encryption, and RBAC.
• Government or regulated environments a plus.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and monitor SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Manage databases, storage, security, and access controls.
• Tune performance and design indexes, plans, and statistics.
• Implement backup, DR, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Develop data models, schemas, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Build ETL/ELT processes and manage data integration.
• Provide incident response, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Prepare runbooks, SOPs, and provide knowledge transfer.

Skills

SQL Server admin

Azure SQL

T-SQL

Query optimization

ETL design

Security & auditing

High availability

Windows services

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IS

Tools

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

• Install, configure, administer, patch, upgrade, and monitor Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Manage database instances, storage, access controls, service accounts, encryption, auditing, jobs, alerts, and monitoring.
• Optimize database performance through query analysis, execution plans, indexing, statistics, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
• Implement, test, and document backup, restore, high availability, disaster recovery, and database integrity procedures.
• Develop and maintain logical and physical data models, schemas, data dictionaries, tables, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Build and troubleshoot ETL/ELT and data integration processes, including mapping, transformation, validation, scheduling, and error handling.
• Support Windows Services, scheduled tasks, application connectivity, approved Azure services, and hybrid integrations.
• Gather and translate stakeholder requirements into secure, maintainable database solutions.
• Resolve incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective changes.
• Maintain assessments, modernization plans, integration roadmaps, architecture documentation, runbooks, and SOPs.
• Provide knowledge transfer, mentoring, weekly status reports, and monthly time reports.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of recent experience administering enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments, including production and non-production systems of medium to high complexity.
• Hands-on administration of Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server hosted in Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, security, monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and high availability.
• Strong T-SQL, database design, indexing, stored procedures, views, functions, execution plans, and query optimization skills.
• Experience designing and supporting ETL/ELT and integration processes, including data mapping, validation, scheduling, and error handling.
• Experience troubleshooting Windows Services and scheduled processes interacting with SQL Server, Azure SQL, Power BI, or enterprise applications.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Azure services supporting integration, monitoring, security, storage, automation, or data processing.
• Experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and technical requirements.
• Government or regulated-environment experience, including role-based access, auditing, encryption, least privilege, and data protection.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, source control, deployment pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, or database automation.
• Current Microsoft certifications relevant to Azure database administration, Azure data services, or SQL Server.

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.