Senior SQL Database Administrator – Azure & AlwaysOn Expert

ISN; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid premiums

4% retirement matching

PTO 15–30 days

13 paid holidays

Cell phone reimbursement

Parking or DART reimbursement

Team events & volunteering

Job summary

ISN is seeking an Advanced Database Administrator to maintain SQL Server databases across production and cloud environments, including Azure Cosmos DB and Azure SQL services. The role supports development deployments, tuning requests, and uptime assurance for ISN’s web applications.

Requirements include a CS degree, Azure certs, and 3+ years in SQL Server availability, backups, and job management, with 1+ year on Azure VMs and Cosmos DB/Managed Instances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Azure certifications are strongly preferred (AZ-900, DP-300)
• 3+ years troubleshooting SQL Server availability issues (Always On, clustering, replication)
• 3+ years managing SQL jobs (backups, index maintenance)
• 1+ years administering SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• 1+ years administering Azure Cosmos DB/Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance
• 1+ years managing SQL Servers using PowerShell
• Strong knowledge of high availability, data movement technologies, and disaster recovery concepts (RPO/RTO)

Responsibilities

• Maintain, monitor, and manage SQL Server databases across environments
• Troubleshoot availability issues related to clustering, Always On, replication, and Failover Groups
• Diagnose performance, locking, blocking, tempdb, and resource contention in SQL Server
• Manage SQL Server jobs and Windows scheduled tasks
• Perform safe upgrades and migrations for IaaS-based SQL Servers
• Automate tasks and alerts using PowerShell, SQL, or .NET

Skills

Troubleshooting SQL Server

SQL jobs management

Azure SQL on VM

Cosmos DB & Azure SQL DB

PowerShell

HA/Disaster recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Azure certifications (AZ-900, DP-300)

Tools

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

SQL Server Management/Automation

Job description

ISN is seeking an Advanced Database Administrator to maintain SQL Server databases across production and cloud environments, including Azure Cosmos DB and Azure SQL services. The role supports development deployments, tuning requests, and uptime assurance for ISN’s web applications.

Requirements include a CS degree, Azure certs, and 3+ years in SQL Server availability, backups, and job management, with 1+ year on Azure VMs and Cosmos DB/Managed Instances.