Senior SQL Server DBA — Azure, VLDB Mastery & Automation

Jobvite, Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Trailer Leasing is modernizing its data platform, appointing a Senior SQL Server DBA to own the SQL Server estate on Azure VMs. You will drive performance, reliability, and automation, with broad latitude to reduce friction and modernize deployment practices.

In Plano, TX, you will partner with the data team to ensure security, BC/DR readiness, and observability, while guiding upgrades and migrations of databases over 1 TB and near 4 TB.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as Production Database Administrator in multi-server SQL Server environments.
• Hands-on Azure VM experience with SQL Server deployments.
• Strong PowerShell automation for database maintenance and monitoring.
• Expertise in T-SQL, query tuning, and index optimization.
• Deep knowledge of SQL Server internals, DMVs and wait stats.
• Experience with Git-based deployment workflows and version control.

Responsibilities

• Own SQL Server estate health, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Manage VLDB backups, restores, maintenance, and migrations.
• Develop PowerShell pipelines for automation and data movement.
• Plan and execute SQL Server upgrades and patching across the estate.
• Coordinate Azure VM configuration, storage, networking, and security.
• Design and test BC/DR and recovery workflows aligned with SLAs.
• Ensure security, access governance, and auditing of SQL Server.
• Improve observability with monitoring and runbooks.
• Collaborate with the Senior Developer on data load routines and code reviews.
• Maintain architecture diagrams and operational runbooks.

Skills

SQL Server

Azure

PowerShell

T-SQL

VLDB

Git

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Bitbucket

dbatools

Job description

Premier Trailer Leasing is modernizing its data platform, appointing a Senior SQL Server DBA to own the SQL Server estate on Azure VMs. You will drive performance, reliability, and automation, with broad latitude to reduce friction and modernize deployment practices.

In Plano, TX, you will partner with the data team to ensure security, BC/DR readiness, and observability, while guiding upgrades and migrations of databases over 1 TB and near 4 TB.