Senior Database Administrator

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced SQL Server DBA to administer and maintain SQL Server, Azure SQL, and InfluxDB across on-premises and cloud environments. You will ensure availability, reliability, scalability, and capacity.

You will manage backups, recovery, patching, performance tuning, security, access controls, and deployment automation using Flyway and GitHub Actions, with Jenkins where applicable. Collaborate with DevOps teams on deployments and problem resolution, and provide on-call

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience administering SQL Server on-premises.
• Experience with SQL Server Managed Instance, Azure SQL, and Azure Managed PostgreSQL.
• Experience with InfluxDB and time-series databases.
• Experience with Flyway and GitHub Actions.
• Experience across on-premises and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain SQL Server, Azure SQL, and InfluxDB across on-premises and cloud.
• Ensure database availability, reliability, and scalability.
• Manage backups, recovery, patching, performance tuning, security, and access controls.
• Coordinate deployments and releases with DevOps teams.
• Provide on-call support as required.

Skills

SQL Server Administration

Azure SQL Management

InfluxDB Support

Database Change Management

DevOps Support

Education

High School Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Delinea

Jenkins

CI/CD

Database Monitoring Tools

Job description

• Administer and maintain SQL Server, SQL Server Managed Instance, Azure SQL, Managed PostgreSQL, and InfluxDB platforms across on-premises and cloud environments
• Ensure database availability, reliability, operational stability, scalability, and capacity
• Manage backups, recovery, restoration, monitoring, patching, performance tuning, security, access controls, and database health
• Implement and support database changes, releases, migrations, schema updates, and deployment automation using Flyway and GitHub Actions, with Jenkins where applicable
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and Business Intelligence teams on deployments, incidents, troubleshooting, and business data needs
• Support DevOps activities related to deployments, environment readiness, and release coordination
• Develop and maintain operational standards, documentation, inventories, configuration records, and support procedures
• Support development, testing, staging, training, provisioning, refreshes, cloning, integrations, reporting, scheduled jobs, and routine processing
• Assist with audits, compliance reviews, data retention, archival, housekeeping, and evidence gathering
• Coordinate with vendors and internal support teams on service issues
• Participate in technology upgrades, platform transitions, database consolidation, evaluation of new tools, and operational readiness
• Contribute to incident follow-up, problem tracking, capacity planning, platform standards, and service improvements
• Provide on-call or after-hours support as required

Requirements

• High School Degree or Equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience administering SQL Server in self-hosted/on-premises environments
• Experience administering SQL Server Managed Instance, Azure SQL, and Azure Managed PostgreSQL
• Experience supporting InfluxDB or comparable time-series database platforms
• Experience with database backup, recovery, restore, high availability, performance monitoring, tuning, troubleshooting, security, permissions, and access controls
• Experience with database change management, schema updates, release activities, Flyway, and GitHub Actions
• Experience supporting databases across on-premises and cloud-based platforms
• Experience troubleshooting production incidents and mission-critical database systems
• Experience evaluating or supporting modern data platforms, such as Snowflake
• Experience using Delinea or similar privileged access management tools
• Knowledge of relational database administration, cloud database services, hybrid environments, CI/CD, DevOps, database monitoring, disaster recovery, and high availability
• Proficiency writing and troubleshooting SQL queries, scripts, stored procedures, database jobs, and technical documentation
• Ability to manage multiple database platforms and priorities, resolve issues timely, support reliable production systems, prioritize incidents and deadlines, collaborate cross-functionally, communicate technical issues clearly, maintain confidentiality, work independently, and adapt to changing technologies
• Ability to participate in on-call support or after-hours response as required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in administering and maintaining SQL Server, Azure SQL, and InfluxDB across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring database reliability, performance tuning, and security. Proficient in database change management, troubleshooting, and supporting DevOps activities with tools like Flyway and GitHub Actions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• SQL Server Administration
• Azure SQL Management
• InfluxDB Support
• Database Change Management
• DevOps Support

Hard Skills

• SQL Server
• Azure SQL
• Managed PostgreSQL
• InfluxDB
• Database Backup
• Performance Monitoring
• SQL Query Writing
• Schema Updates
• Flyway
• GitHub Actions

Soft Skills

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Clear Communication
• Independent Work
• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Database Administration
• Cloud Database Services
• Disaster Recovery
• High Availability
• Compliance Reviews

Tools & Technologies

• Delinea
• Jenkins
• CI/CD
• Database Monitoring Tools