Senior MS SQL DBA — Cloud, HA & Performance

Ampcus, Inc; Mechanicsville (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus, Inc is seeking an experienced Tolling Senior MS SQL DBA to join the Engineering and Operations team. The role will administer, maintain, and support SQL Server and cloud databases, ensuring uptime, performance, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities include help desk and application support within a collaborative team. The candidate will work on SQL Server 2022/2025+ versions, with failover clustering and HA configurations, and will engage in data modeling and Cloud SQL operations

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• 1+ year of experience with Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks; certs may be accepted in lieu of experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science or related field.
• Experience with SQL Server clustering, mirroring, and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Monitor databases to maintain uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, security, and operational issues.
• Tune long-running queries and optimize performance.
• Implement and maintain SQL Server installations and migrations.
• Support Azure cloud databases and cloud-based DB tasks.
• Provide help desk and application support as part of team rotation.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations to achieve project goals.
• Communicate effectively in writing and speech.

Skills

MS SQL Server Database Management

SQL Server Tuning

SSIS/SSAS/SSRS

Transact-SQL

SQL Server HA / Failover Clustering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field

Tools

Azure Cloud

Snowflake

Databricks

Windows Server

Job description

Ampcus, Inc is seeking an experienced Tolling Senior MS SQL DBA to join the Engineering and Operations team. The role will administer, maintain, and support SQL Server and cloud databases, ensuring uptime, performance, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities include help desk and application support within a collaborative team. The candidate will work on SQL Server 2022/2025+ versions, with failover clustering and HA configurations, and will engage in data modeling and Cloud SQL operations