Senior Database Administrator – Enterprise SQL & Azure

Lancesoft; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) seeks a Senior Database Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, including design, security, and data integration. The role emphasizes collaboration with OATS and other FDACS staff to support mission-critical data platforms.

The candidate will perform installation, monitoring, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high availability strategies, while translating business requirements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments (production and non-production).
• Hands-on Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server in Azure.
• Experience with installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, security, monitoring, and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, and support enterprise SQL Server and Azure SQL databases in production and non-production environments.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and administer database platforms, storage, access, and security.
• Perform performance monitoring and tuning: query analysis, indexing, and execution plans.

Skills

T-SQL

Query optimization

Performance tuning

Security administration

Stakeholder elicitation

Regulated environment experience

Data transformation

Windows Services knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems

Equivalent work experience

Microsoft certifications: Azure Data Engineer / Azure Solutions Architect

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Job description

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) seeks a Senior Database Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, including design, security, and data integration. The role emphasizes collaboration with OATS and other FDACS staff to support mission-critical data platforms.

The candidate will perform installation, monitoring, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high availability strategies, while translating business requirements