Lead SQL Server & Azure DBA - High Availability & DR

Kforce Inc; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Paid Sick Leave

Job summary

Kforce Inc. seeks a Senior Database Administrator in Boca Raton, FL to lead MS SQL Server and Azure SQL environments across on-prem and cloud platforms. The role focuses on high availability, backup, security, and performance optimization.

The candidate will design and implement HA/DR, perform tuning, manage backups, and automate routines with PowerShell and T-SQL, ensuring compliance and recoverability for critical databases.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of database administration experience in enterprise SQL environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production environments.
• Experience implementing high-availability technologies (Always On AGs, failover clustering).
• Experience administering Azure SQL Database and/or Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• Knowledge of backup, recovery, DR, replication, log shipping, RPO/RTO concepts.
• SQL performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, execution plans, capacity planning.
• Proficiency with T-SQL and PowerShell scripting.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server environments and enterprise storage.

Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Design, implement, and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions (Always On, clustering, log shipping, replication).
• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and data protection strategies with point-in-time recovery.
• Perform routine recovery validation and restore testing to ensure recoverability.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance through query tuning and indexing strategies.
• Manage database scalability across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Administer security controls with RBAC, encryption, key management, and least privilege.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning for critical databases.
• Conduct root-cause analysis of performance issues and outages, implementing preventive actions.
• Support audit, compliance, and data governance for database security and recoverability.
• Automate processes and reporting via PowerShell and T-SQL scripting.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks; serve as escalation point for DB issues.

Skills

SQL Server

Azure SQL

Always On

Failover Clustering

Backup & DR

T-SQL

PowerShell

Performance Tuning

Windows Server

Storage

Tools

VMware

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Job description

Kforce Inc. seeks a Senior Database Administrator in Boca Raton, FL to lead MS SQL Server and Azure SQL environments across on-prem and cloud platforms. The role focuses on high availability, backup, security, and performance optimization.

The candidate will design and implement HA/DR, perform tuning, manage backups, and automate routines with PowerShell and T-SQL, ensuring compliance and recoverability for critical databases.