Senior SQL Server DBA — Cloud & Hybrid Architect

Alpac Inc; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpac Inc in Michigan is seeking a senior SQL-Server DBA to lead design, development, and consolidation of SQL Server environments across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid deployments. Candidate must have deep expertise in SQL Server 2022 and Windows Server 2022, with a proactive mindset for automation.

You will oversee performance tuning, HA/DR, migrations, and modernizing processes, using PowerShell, SQL Agent Jobs, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Senior SQL-Server DBA with deep SQL Server 2022 expertise.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, and migrations.
• Strong automation, scripting, and CI/CD skills.
• Ability to work with on-prem, cloud, and hybrid SQL environments.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and optimize large SQL Server 2022 environments (on-prem, hybrid, cloud).
• Ensure HA/DR using Always On, clustering, replication, backups.
• Performance tuning, index optimization, and query plan analysis.
• Design and execute migrations and version upgrades with minimal downtime.
• Automate tasks with PowerShell and SQL Agent Jobs; integrate with CI/CD.
• Support Azure SQL and Managed Instance deployments.
• Collaborate with application teams for scalable DB architectures.
• Troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, and resource contention.
• Maintain documentation of configurations, SOPs, and recovery plans.

Skills

SQL Server

Performance tuning

Index optimization

Query plan analysis

PowerShell

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud deployments

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL Agent

SSIS

Job description

Alpac Inc in Michigan is seeking a senior SQL-Server DBA to lead design, development, and consolidation of SQL Server environments across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid deployments. Candidate must have deep expertise in SQL Server 2022 and Windows Server 2022, with a proactive mindset for automation.

You will oversee performance tuning, HA/DR, migrations, and modernizing processes, using PowerShell, SQL Agent Jobs, and CI/CD.