Remote Database Administrator - Azure SQL & Performance

REGED INC; Central City (CO); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Life Insurance and Disability plans

Volunteer time off and flexible Scheds

Career growth opportunities

Performance bonuses

Job summary

RegEd is seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) to provide operational and application database services across on‑premise and cloud environments. You will own incidents, monitor health, and support performance, security, and restored testing with cross‑functional collaboration.

You will design and maintain database objects, respond to alerts, manage logins/roles, and participate in changes and deployments. Strong SQL, backup recovery, and cloud SQL experience are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of database administration, development, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or higher.
• Strong T-SQL skills including complex queries, stored procedures, transaction management, error handling, and dynamic SQL.
• Working knowledge of database backup, recovery, and HADR concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud database services in Azure such as Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL DB, or Azure SQL on VMs.
• Experience with database security administration such as user management, role assignment, and access controls.
• Ability to build and maintain SQL scripts, indexes, and complex queries for data analysis and operational use.
• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices for OLTP environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain database objects including indexes, views, stored procedures, tables, and other schema elements in on-premise and cloud environments.
• Monitor and maintain database health by reviewing and responding to backup status, maintenance jobs, index health, and daily operational alerts.
• Perform database user and security management: create logins and users, manage roles and access privileges, and support compliance requirements.
• Verify backup success and support restore testing.
• Participate in investigation and resolution of database incidents including blocking, deadlocks, and performance degradation.
• Refresh development and test environment databases on a regular basis to support QA and development teams.
• Assist in building and maintaining database monitoring infrastructure for alerting, performance data collection, and operational visibility.
• Support implementation of database changes and code deployments; work with the Architecture team on coding standards for stored procedures, triggers, and schema design.
• Perform feasibility studies and effort estimates for new or revised database systems to address business needs.
• Install, upgrade, and maintain database instances required for development, testing, and production usage.
• General technical troubleshooting and consultation with Quality Assurance, Application Development, and Infrastructure teams.
• Work with multiple departments including Architecture, Quality Assurance, Application Development, and Infrastructure to implement and maintain database code and configurations.

Skills

Database administration

T-SQL proficiency

Performance tuning

Incident management

Collaboration

Education

Computer Science/IT related field

Tools

SSMS

Grafana

SSIS

SSRS

Azure SQL MI/DB/VM

Job description

RegEd is seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) to provide operational and application database services across on‑premise and cloud environments. You will own incidents, monitor health, and support performance, security, and restored testing with cross‑functional collaboration.

You will design and maintain database objects, respond to alerts, manage logins/roles, and participate in changes and deployments. Strong SQL, backup recovery, and cloud SQL experience are required.