Hybrid SQL DBA - Cloud & High Availability Expert

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is assisting a client in Philadelphia with a full-time mid-level SQL DBA role. The position is hybrid, on-site three days a week, requiring U.S.

citizenship or GC eligibility. The team is modernizing its SQL Server environment toward a hybrid on-premise/cloud model. The role provides hands-on administration across SQL Server, backups, HA solutions, performance monitoring, and cloud integrations (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL).

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of enterprise SQL Server database administration experience.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL Server administration, including SQL Server Agent, backup and recovery, maintenance, DBCC, and performance monitoring.
• Experience implementing and maintaining high-availability solutions (Failover Clustering, Always On Availability Groups).
• Ability to independently troubleshoot common to moderately complex database issues.
• Exposure to AWS or Azure database services preferred.
• Experience with Databricks, PostgreSQL, or MySQL preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support SQL Server database environments and configurations.
• Perform routine database administration including backups/restores, index and statistics maintenance, DBCC checks, transaction log management, and storage management.
• Implement and maintain high-availability solutions such as Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups.
• Monitor database health and performance and troubleshoot issues like blocking and failed jobs.
• Diagnose and resolve moderate-complexity database issues and escalate when needed.
• Support disaster recovery activities including backup verification and restore testing.
• Support cloud-managed database platforms such as AWS RDS/Aurora and Azure SQL Database.
• Develop knowledge of Databricks, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

Skills

SQL Server administration

SQL Server Agent

Backup and recovery

Performance monitoring

High availability

Cloud familiarity

Communication skills

Tools

SQL Server

AWS (RDS/Aurora)

Azure SQL Database

Databricks

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Failover Clustering

Always On Availability Groups

Job description

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is assisting a client in Philadelphia with a full-time mid-level SQL DBA role. The position is hybrid, on-site three days a week, requiring U.S.

citizenship or GC eligibility. The team is modernizing its SQL Server environment toward a hybrid on-premise/cloud model. The role provides hands-on administration across SQL Server, backups, HA solutions, performance monitoring, and cloud integrations (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL).