Senior SQL Server DBA – Azure Cloud & High Availability

Ampcus, Inc; Mechanicsville (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Senior MS SQL Database Administrator to join the Tolling Engineering and Operations Team in Mechanicsville, VA (Hybrid).

The role focuses on administering and supporting SQL Server and cloud databases, with responsibilities spanning uptime maintenance, performance tuning, and issue resolution. The candidate will also contribute to help desk and application support on a rotating schedule.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• At least 1 year of Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks experience; a certification is acceptable in lieu of experience.
• Master's degree in computer science, information systems, or other applicable/equivalent skills.
• 3–4 years upgrading tolling SQL Server environments from SQL Server 2012 to 2019, including compatibility evaluations, QTA, and DMA.
• Experience diagnosing deadlocks and blocking in production workloads (Extended Events, Query Store, wait statistics).
• Experience tuning Very Large Databases (2 TB+) including index optimization and minimizing resource contention.
• Expertise as a SQL Server DBA with high availability and clustering.
• Experience with Windows platform and Azure Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support SQL Server and cloud databases.
• Monitor databases to ensure uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, access and security issues.
• Tune long-running SQL and optimize queries.
• Implement SQL Server installations from 2022 onward and manage clustering.
• Work with SQL Server, Azure Cloud, and related tooling (SSIS/SSAS/SSRS).
• Collaborate with Engineering and Operations; communicate clearly in writing and verbally.

Skills

MS SQL Server

SQL/Tuning

Deadlocks resolution

Very Large Databases

SSIS SSAS SSRS

Transact-SQL

Azure Cloud

SQL Server Clustering

Education

Master's degree in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

SQL Server 2022

SQL Server 2025+

Azure SQL

Failover Clustering

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Senior MS SQL Database Administrator to join the Tolling Engineering and Operations Team in Mechanicsville, VA (Hybrid).

The role focuses on administering and supporting SQL Server and cloud databases, with responsibilities spanning uptime maintenance, performance tuning, and issue resolution. The candidate will also contribute to help desk and application support on a rotating schedule.