Database Administrator-W2- Local to Florida Only

Skysoft Inc.; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Skysoft Inc. seeks a senior Database Administrator to support Florida-based state government IT needs with focus on design, performance tuning, and secure cloud-backed data platforms within Azure SQL and PostgreSQL environments.

The position requires residence in Florida, hybrid work, and the ability to coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams while maintaining regulatory compliance and high data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field.
• 8+ years in database design, testing, implementation, maintenance, and admin across multiple platforms.
• Experience with backup and recovery, configuring parameters, and data modeling.
• 8+ years writing complex MS T-SQL queries, views, stored procedures, and UDFs.
• 5+ years with MS SQL Server and SSRS using parameters, subreports, drill-downs, and subscriptions.
• 5+ years producing technical documentation (requirements, specifications, traceability matrices, designs, or testing).
• 3+ years creating and maintaining reports in Azure Power BI.
• 3+ years developing web applications.
• 2+ years with Azure DevOps and Visual Studio .NET.
• 3+ years administering Azure SQL Managed Instance/SQL Database and Azure PostgreSQL.
• Expertise in data security standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Database administration

MS SQL Server

SSRS

Azure SQL Database

Azure PostgreSQL

Power BI

Azure DevOps

Visual Studio .NET

Query optimization

Data security

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or MIS

Tools

Azure DevOps

Visual Studio .NET

SQL Server Management Studio

Power BI

Azure Portal

Job description

Working Model: Hybrid – The candidate must live in Florida and be available to work in Tallahassee, Florida if required.

Duration: 24+ months (long term)

MUST: State Government (any state) either current or past experience is Mandatory

Background:

• The Department is committed to providing high-quality education services to all Florida students and requires IT Staff Augmentation services to assist the Department and Technology staff in meeting that goal.

Minimum Qualifications – The Department is seeking a Database Administrator professional, with the following minimum qualifications (these qualifications must be clearly stated on the resume and verifiable via reference checks):

• Bachelor of Science/Arts degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems Degree, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of experience working with various database management systems in database design, testing, implementation, maintenance, and administration of multiple platform environments.
• Experience with performing backup and recovery on database management systems, configure database parameters, and prototype designs against logical data models, defines data repository requirements, data dictionaries and warehousing requirements.
• Minimum 8 years of experience writing complex efficient queries, views, stored procedures, and user defined functions with MS T/SQL.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with MS SQL Server and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) utilizing parameters, sub-reports, drill down technologies and subscriptions.
• Minimum 5 years of experience producing technical documentation related to requirements, specifications, traceability matrices, designs, or testing.
• Minimum 3 years of experience creating and maintaining reports in Azure Power BI.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing with web applications.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with Azure Dev Ops and Visual Studio .NET.
• Minimum 3 years of experience administering cloud database platforms, including Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, and/or Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
• Expertise in aligning application strategies with data security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Visio. Reviews documents, including requirements documents, testing plans, development plans and architectural plans to ensure that implementation of said documents and plans will result in the system required by the user.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale implementation projects.
• Expert knowledge of relational database management systems and database architecture principles.
• Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting skills in complex database environments.
• Experience reducing query response times and improving application performance through database optimization techniques.
• Experience optimizing cloud database resource utilization and supporting cloud cost management initiatives.
• Ability to analyze complex database environments and recommend performance, scalability, availability, and optimization strategies.
• Experience with cloud database platforms, including Azure SQL Database and Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
• Experience supporting high-volume transactional and analytical database workloads.
• Experience with performance engineering and database tuning methodologies.