Senior MS SQL Server DBA: Migrations, HA & Automation

Valiant Technologies LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a highly experienced SQL Server Database Administrator in the San Jose area. The role focuses on maintaining and optimizing SQL Server 2008‑2022 environments, implementing upgrades, migrations, and high availability configurations.

You will manage backups, restores, security, and performance tuning to ensure reliable data operations. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise across SQL Server versions, clustering, and disaster recovery strategies, plus

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration experience.
• Experience with SQL Server versions 2008 R2 through 2022.
• Install/configure/troubleshoot SQL Server 2012-2022.
• Migrate from older versions to newer ones.
• Upgrade SQL Server with service packs and patches.
• Proficient with SSMS, Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, and job scheduling.
• Backup/Restore/Recovery, linked servers, maintenance plans.
• HA/DR: Always On, Replication, Log Shipping, Mirroring, Clustering.
• Replication models: Snapshot, Transactional, Merge.
• Experience with WSFC on Windows Server.
• PowerShell and SQL scripting for automation.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

High availability

Disaster recovery

Replication

Performance tuning

PowerShell scripting

SQL Server 2008-2022

Backup & restore

Windows Server admin

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a highly experienced SQL Server Database Administrator in the San Jose area. The role focuses on maintaining and optimizing SQL Server 2008‑2022 environments, implementing upgrades, migrations, and high availability configurations.

You will manage backups, restores, security, and performance tuning to ensure reliable data operations. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise across SQL Server versions, clustering, and disaster recovery strategies, plus