JR Database Administrator

BEST DOCTORS INSURANCE SERVICES LLC; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

BEST DOCTORS INSURANCE SERVICES LLC in Guayaquil, Ecuador seeks a Junior Database Administrator to support Microsoft SQL Server environments and collaborate with the DBA Lead to ensure database availability, stability, and performance.

The role involves incident management, handling production and non-production requests, and contributing to disaster recovery testing and change processes with development, analytics, and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 2–3 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL and performance troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Manage SQL Server tickets across development, analytics, and infrastructure teams.
• Perform database restorations in production and non-production environments.
• Analyze and optimize T-SQL queries to improve application performance.
• Identify and troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, and performance-related issues.
• Monitor alerts, jobs, and critical events on SQL Server instances.
• Assist in validating high availability configurations (Always On, replication).

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

Incident management

Database performance

Communication

Teamwork

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Always On

Azure SQL

Replication

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador - Guayaquil, Ecuador, FL 33126Overview, Responsibilities, Qualifications, and Skills

Location: Guayaquil - Ecuador

Position Summary

The Junior Database Administrator will be responsible for providing technical support for the organization’s Microsoft SQL Server environments, working in direct coordination with the DBA Lead. This role actively participates in incident management, development‑related database requests, and operational activities across production and non‑production environments, ensuring database availability, stability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve SQL Server‑related tickets from development, analytics, and infrastructure teams.
• Perform database restorations in production and non‑production environments as required.
• Analyze and optimize T‑SQL queries to improve application performance.
• Identify and troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, and performance‑related issues.
• Monitor alerts, jobs, and critical events on SQL Server instances.
• Support user, role, and permission management.
• Execute controlled database changes (creation and modification of objects under approved change processes).
• Assist in validating existing high availability configurations (Always On, replication, etc.).
• Participate in disaster recovery testing and database recovery validations.
• Document technical solutions and recurring incidents.
• Support patching, upgrades, and migration activities under the coordination of the DBA Lead.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 2–3 years of experience supporting or administering Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• Advanced proficiency in T‑SQL (complex queries, joins, subqueries, stored procedures, functions, and performance troubleshooting).
• Experience handling technical tickets and supporting development teams.
• Experience performing database restorations.
• Understanding of high availability and disaster recovery concepts.
• Ability to work in production environments under change management controls.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Desired Skills

• Experience with performance monitoring and diagnostics (DMVs, execution plans).
• Knowledge of Always On Availability Groups.
• Basic knowledge of database security and encryption (TDE, Always Encrypted is a plus).
• Experience developing or supporting ETL processes is a plus.
• Basic exposure to Azure SQL or hybrid cloud environments is desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Work Environment & Reporting

The Junior Database Administrator will report directly to the DBA Lead and collaborate closely with development, analytics, and infrastructure teams to ensure efficient database platform support.