Remote, SQL Database Administrator (Candidates must be local to Harrisburg, PA Area)

Taras Technology LLC; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Taras Technology LLC is seeking a seasoned SQL Server Database Administrator to support advanced database operations, development lifecycles, and migration projects in the Harrisburg area. The role focuses on SQL Server administration, Azure SQL, performance health checks, and secure cloud deployments.

Candidates should have extensive production server experience, 1 year of Azure database work, and a strong background in data warehouse environments, customer service, and systems analysis.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SQL Server Database Administration.
• Experience with production server DBAs.
• 1 year of Azure Database Administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide operations support for SQL Database and Database Server administration on production systems.
• Ensure overall health and availability of services.
• Perform health checks to identify and optimize database performance.
• Migrate and upgrade SQL databases to current versions.
• Design and implement data migrations and data validation.
• Deploy SQL database solutions on Azure and secure resources.
• Collaborate with developers and vendors to determine appropriate configurations.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Azure SQL Database

Data warehouse

Performance monitoring

Security & compliance

Job description

Candidates must be local to Harrisburg, PA Area.

This position is responsible for advanced technical work in all phases of database administration support; development activities (support the application development lifecycle, planning, design, development, implementation, data migration, quality assurance, data cleanup, and data administration) as well as database operations activities (database administration, database security, assuring availability, server and database monitoring, performance monitoring, SQL software installation and configuration, and Service Pack installations).

• Provides Operations support for SQL Database and Database Server administration support for critical production systems.
• Ensures overall health and availability and quality of services
• Perform Health Checks to review the performance of databases to identify and provide recommendations to enhance performance of databases.
• Performs migration and upgrade of SQL Databases from legacy server\SQL Version to new server\SQL Version.
• Performs data migration by designing programs to optimally extract, cleanse, transform and load data between data sources as part of data migration and data validation support.
• Deploying SQL database solutions within Azure
• Securing Azure SQL resources and data
• Defines, develops, and creates databases by assessing requirements.
• Meet with developers and vendors to ascertain requirements and to provide consulting assistance to determine the appropriate database configurations.

Required Skills:

• Required minimum 8 years’ experience in SQL Server Database Administration
• Worked in Database Administration on Production Servers
• 1 year experience required in Azure Database Administration
• Data Warehouse experience
• Provides high quality and professional customer service
• Business systems analysis and design experience

Taras Technology, LLC is an EEO/AA Employer: women, minorities, the disabled and veterans are encouraged to apply