Senior MS SQL DBA - Cloud, HA & Tolling Expert

Ampcus Inc; Mechanicsville (VA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Senior MS SQL Database Administrator to join the Tolling Engineering and Operations Team in Mechanicsville, VA. The role is hybrid, focusing on SQL Server and cloud database administration with a blend of help desk and application support.

The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of SQL Server experience, Azure/Databricks familiarity, and strong T‑SQL skills. You’ll work on clustering, high availability, and large databases within a dynamic tolling environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• 1+ year of Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks experience (cert acceptable).
• Master’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field.
• Experience upgrading Tolling SQL Server environments (2012→2019).
• Diagnosing deadlocks and blocking in production workloads.
• Experience tuning Very Large Databases (2 TB+).
• Expertise with SQL Server clustering, mirroring, and high availability.
• Proficiency with Transact-SQL and Windows platform.
• Experience with Azure Cloud and SSIS/SSAS/SSRS.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support SQL Server and cloud databases.
• Monitor databases for uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, security, and performance issues.
• Tune long-running queries and optimize indexes.
• Perform SQL Server installations on SQL Server 2022/2025+ with failover clustering.
• Work with SQL clustering, mirroring, and high availability.
• Write and optimize Transact-SQL scripts.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Operations; support tolling applications.

Skills

MS SQL Server

SQL Tuning

Deadlocks analysis

SQL Server Upgrades

Transact-SQL

Azure Cloud

Windows

Education

Master’s degree (CS/IS or related)

Tools

SSIS

SSAS

SSRS

SQL Server 2022/2025

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Senior MS SQL Database Administrator to join the Tolling Engineering and Operations Team in Mechanicsville, VA. The role is hybrid, focusing on SQL Server and cloud database administration with a blend of help desk and application support.

The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of SQL Server experience, Azure/Databricks familiarity, and strong T‑SQL skills. You’ll work on clustering, high availability, and large databases within a dynamic tolling environment.