Senior SQL Database Administrator - Azure & On-Prem HA

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health seeks a highly experienced Senior SQL Database Administrator to design, secure, and optimize enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments across Azure and on-premises. You will collaborate with application teams, vendors, and infrastructure partners to deliver scalable, highly available database solutions powering patient care.

In this role, you will lead upgrades, migrations, backups, and security management while supporting 24x7 operations and ensuring compliance with healthcare

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of in-depth experience for MS SQL production database administration for large enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and administer enterprise SQL Server environments in Azure and on-premises.
• Manage high-availability architectures, including SQL Server 2022 Clusters and AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
• Perform database upgrades, migrations, patching, backup/recovery, performance tuning, and security management.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production databases, providing real-time operational support and issue resolution.
• Partner with project teams and business stakeholders to assess requirements and implement best-practice database solutions.
• Support development, testing, staging, and production environments while maintaining documentation and security compliance.
• Participate in 24x7 production support coverage for critical healthcare systems.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Clustering

AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Replication

Backup/Recovery

Database security

SSL certificates

PowerShell scripting

Database automation

Healthcare systems experience

Windows Server

Tools

Ola Hallengren

Job description

UCLA Health seeks a highly experienced Senior SQL Database Administrator to design, secure, and optimize enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments across Azure and on-premises. You will collaborate with application teams, vendors, and infrastructure partners to deliver scalable, highly available database solutions powering patient care.

In this role, you will lead upgrades, migrations, backups, and security management while supporting 24x7 operations and ensuring compliance with healthcare