Senior Database Administrator: SQL, Azure, HA/DR

Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator in Houston to support and optimize databases and servers that power mission-critical applications. You will work under the Lead DBA and Data Center Manager, contributing to the Database Administration team.

The role requires deep Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server administration experience, HA/DR expertise, and cloud database skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
• Minimum of five years' work with Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server senior-level administration experience.
• Expertise with High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server.
• Expertise with Azure SQL and other cloud-based database services.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain databases and servers for Microsoft and non-Microsoft database platforms.
• Design highly available systems accessible from multiple data centers to ensure availability.
• Monitor, tune, and manage backups, jobs, recovery processes, alerts, and storage per change control procedures.
• Diagnose faults, troubleshoot, and optimize database and application performance.
• Collaborate within the database administration team and with other Technical Service Group teams.
• Provide regular reports on performance and stability of the database environment and forecast needs.
• Collaborate with other teams to architect database backends for new solutions.
• Document, test, and implement updates to database systems.
• Occasionally work outside of regular business hours for project/operational needs.

Skills

SQL Server administration

HA/DR planning

Azure SQL / cloud databases

Project management

Windows Server administration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure SQL

Job description

Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator in Houston to support and optimize databases and servers that power mission-critical applications. You will work under the Lead DBA and Data Center Manager, contributing to the Database Administration team.

The role requires deep Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server administration experience, HA/DR expertise, and cloud database skills.