Senior SQL DBA - On-Site St. Peters, MO (Always On)

The Timberline Group; Saint Peters (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Timberline Group, based in Missouri, is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join its growing database team. You will administer and optimize our SQL Server environment, ensuring availability, performance, security, and reliability of critical databases that support our business operations.

You will collaborate with developers and IT to implement high-availability solutions, maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies, and continuously improve database performance and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SQL Server DBA experience in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience administering Always On Availability Groups.
• Strong grasp of performance tuning — execution plans, index strategy, wait statistics.
• Solid understanding of SQL Server security, auditing, and access control.
• Experience with backup/restore, DR planning, and failover procedures.
• Must be able to work on-site in St. Peters, MO 5 days/week.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with Extended Events and Query Store preferred.
• Exposure to Azure SQL or hybrid cloud environments preferred.
• T/SQL Development when needed for project preferred.
• Experience with data engineering and building data pipelines (ETL/ELT) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and monitor SQL Server instances across on-premises environment.
• Manage Always On Availability Groups, including failover, replica health, and AG job synchronization.
• Own backup/restore strategies and DR testing to ensure RTO/RPO targets are met.
• Performance-tune queries and workloads via execution plans, DMVs, wait stats, and indexing.
• Manage SQL Server security — logins, roles, permissions auditing, and least-privilege enforcement.
• Respond to production incidents, diagnose root causes, and implement durable fixes.
• Collaborate with developers to review schema changes and query patterns before they hit production.
• Monitor and maintain SQL Agent jobs, including Change Data Capture (CDC).

Skills

SQL Server

Always On Availability Groups

Performance tuning

Security auditing

Backup/DR

CDC

T-SQL development

On-prem SQL Server

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or MIS

Tools

Azure SQL

SQL Agent

DMVs/Query Store

Job description

The Timberline Group, based in Missouri, is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join its growing database team. You will administer and optimize our SQL Server environment, ensuring availability, performance, security, and reliability of critical databases that support our business operations.

You will collaborate with developers and IT to implement high-availability solutions, maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies, and continuously improve database performance and