Senior Remote DBA — Performance & On-Call

Signature Performance; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Tuition Assistance

Professional Development

Job summary

Signature Performance is seeking a Database Administrator III to support production and non-production databases across the enterprise. This remote role offers nationwide reach and requires strong T-SQL, SSIS/SSRS/SSAS, and on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for critical systems.

You will tune performance, manage backups and restores, implement security best practices, and collaborate with auditors, developers, and operations to meet SLAs and SDLC objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or associate degree and five years of database administration preferred.
• If no degree, a minimum of seven years of experience in database administration.
• Knowledge of Cognizant/TriZetto Facets data model/application is a huge plus.
• Ability to create T-SQL scripts required.
• Experience in installing and configuring SSIS/SSRS/SSAS.
• Experience using PowerShell.
• Extensible knowledge in implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting SQL replication and high availability architectures.

Responsibilities

• T-SQL performance tuning to resolve day-to-day/critical production issues using native SQL Server and third-party tools.
• Performs configuration, scripting, analysis, installation, monitoring, upgrades, and administration for database management systems.
• Ensure service level agreements are met for internal and external clients.
• Off-hour production support (including weekends) and 24/7 on-call rotation necessary.
• Determine, enforce, and document database policies, procedures, and standards.
• Effectively communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with both technical and business teams as well as auditors.
• Perform database administration tasks, such as backups, point-in-time restores, maintenance plans based on mission critical applications the organization utilizes.
• Knowledgeable at the data layer for either operational and or project level work.
• Support key components of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Provide technical cross training to more junior DBA's.
• Ensure minimum necessary and best practices are being followed from a security perspective.
• Establishes critical strategic and operational goals; develops and implements new products, processes, standards, or operational plans to achieve strategies.
• Perform other related duties as necessary.

Skills

T-SQL

PowerShell

SSIS/SSRS/SSAS

SQL replication

High availability

Data modeling

Azure

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree

Tools

Cognizant/TriZetto Facets data model

Job description

Signature Performance is seeking a Database Administrator III to support production and non-production databases across the enterprise. This remote role offers nationwide reach and requires strong T-SQL, SSIS/SSRS/SSAS, and on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for critical systems.

You will tune performance, manage backups and restores, implement security best practices, and collaborate with auditors, developers, and operations to meet SLAs and SDLC objectives.