Remote SQL DBA: Cloud & HA/DR Expert

Digital Enterprise; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

HRA

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) with matching

Job summary

Digital Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (DESI) seeks a SQL Database Administrator to support on-premises and cloud databases including SQL Server, MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. This full-time role is 100% remote, with core business hours in Eastern/Central zones.

You will manage DB provisioning, monitoring, patching, HA/DR, and security, while collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of DB admin experience, strong SQL skills, and familiarity with ServiceNow and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise with SQL, SQL Server, SQL Clustering, SQL scripting, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and MS Access.
• Experience creating, configuring, and managing SQL Server databases.
• Experience troubleshooting database and server issues; maintenance, patching, and tuning.
• Experience with HA/DR, backup/recovery, monitoring, security, and incident/root-cause analysis.
• Ability to work independently and communicate with staff and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide database administration, development, and maintenance across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage service requests lifecycles using ServiceNow.
• Perform capacity planning and system health monitoring with Idera and SolarWinds.
• Respond to RFCs and resolve tickets per SLAs.
• Assist users with building and configuring SQL databases.
• Prepare weekly reports detailing database activities and accomplishments.

Skills

SQL Server

SQL Clustering

SQL scripting

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MariaDB

MS Access

Education

Bachelor's or Associate's degree in IT-related discipline

High School diploma or GED

Tools

ServiceNow

Idera

SolarWinds

SharePoint

Job description

Digital Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (DESI) seeks a SQL Database Administrator to support on-premises and cloud databases including SQL Server, MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. This full-time role is 100% remote, with core business hours in Eastern/Central zones.

You will manage DB provisioning, monitoring, patching, HA/DR, and security, while collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of DB admin experience, strong SQL skills, and familiarity with ServiceNow and monitoring tools.