Senior SQL Server/Cloud DBA — HA & Migrations

V Group Inc.; Mechanicsville (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

V Group Inc. seeks an experienced SQL Server / Cloud Database Administrator (DBA) for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Tolling IT division. The contract role focuses on SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, and cloud migrations.

The candidate will work closely with Engineering and Operations to support production Tolling databases, including SQL Server 2022/2019+ and cloud platforms such as Azure, with occasional application support responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• Expert-level DBA experience.
• Strong experience with SQL Server administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Experience with clustering, mirroring, and high availability.
• Experience with 2 TB+ databases and large workloads.
• Proficient in T-SQL coding, debugging, and optimization.
• Experience with Extended Events, Query Store, and wait statistics.

Responsibilities

• Administer SQL Server and cloud databases in the VDOT Tolling environment.
• Monitor uptime, availability, and performance of databases.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, security, and performance issues.
• Tune long-running queries and workloads; resolve deadlocks and blocking.
• Perform installations, upgrades, patching, and migrations of SQL Server.
• Support Azure, Snowflake, and Databricks cloud database technologies.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Performance Tuning

High Availability

Extended Events

Query Store

T-SQL

Deadlocks Resolution

Azure Cloud

Cloud Databases

Windows

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SSIS

SSAS

SSRS

Azure Cloud

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

V Group Inc. seeks an experienced SQL Server / Cloud Database Administrator (DBA) for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Tolling IT division. The contract role focuses on SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, and cloud migrations.

The candidate will work closely with Engineering and Operations to support production Tolling databases, including SQL Server 2022/2019+ and cloud platforms such as Azure, with occasional application support responsibilities.