Senior SQL DBA — High Availability & DR (Onsite)

Adelphi Medical Staffing; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel support

Lodging TBD

Job summary

Adelphi Workforce in Little Rock is seeking two experienced Senior SQL Database Administrators to provide reliable, secure, and cost-effective administration of production and non-production SQL Server environments. The role covers high-availability, disaster recovery, security, and performance in a fast-paced setting.

The contract runs November 16, 2026–June 30, 2027 with extension potential. Onsite work from day one and availability for 24-hour support are required.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of senior SQL Database Administrator experience across all aspects of SQL DB administration.
• At least four years of SQL Server DB administration experience.
• At least three years of Windows Server administration experience.
• Experience with SQL Server tools and components listed (Profiler, Index Tuning Advisor, Configuration Manager, Extended Events, Performance Monitor, DMVs, Service Broker, Linked Servers, MSDTC, system databases).
• Experience with security, auditing, encryption, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Install, upgrade, configure, and maintain SQL Server environments and updates.
• Monitor and optimize performance in high-volume online and batch environments.
• Administer security, authentication, access, auditing, encryption, and backups.
• Plan capacity and manage storage (including AWS storage) and Windows Failover Clusters.
• Develop recovery procedures and test disaster recovery plans (Always On, AWS AZ).
• Develop and optimize T-SQL and ETL processes.
• Build/maintain Windows Servers and AWS EC2 instances; automate tasks with PowerShell.
• Maintain security, clustering, and application/FTP servers.

Skills

SQL Server

Windows Server

PowerShell

T-SQL

Security & Encryption

Backup & Recovery

High Availability

ETL

Always On

Performance Tuning

Tools

SQL Server Profiler

Extended Events

Performance Monitor

MSDTC

Job description

Adelphi Workforce in Little Rock is seeking two experienced Senior SQL Database Administrators to provide reliable, secure, and cost-effective administration of production and non-production SQL Server environments. The role covers high-availability, disaster recovery, security, and performance in a fast-paced setting.

The contract runs November 16, 2026–June 30, 2027 with extension potential. Onsite work from day one and availability for 24-hour support are required.