Senior SQL Server DBA – Remote with Cloud Skills

Novalink Solutions LLC; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

VDOT ITD Tolling group seeks a SQL Server/Cloud DBA to administer and support SQL Server and cloud databases for the Tolling Eng and Ops Team. Role includes help desk and application support on a rotating basis with the Tolling team.

Required: 2+ years SQL Server DB experience, 1+ year Azure/Snowflake/Databricks, Bachelor’s in CS or related field, strong communication skills. Fingerprint background check required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Microsoft SQL Server database experience.
• 1+ year of Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks experience (certification acceptable).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively using standard requirements and design artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Monitor databases to maintain uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, access, and security issues.
• Tune long-running SQL statements and optimize performance.
• Review and refine existing database tasks to align with priorities.
• Leverage OS scripting for maintenance and diagnostics.
• Plan and implement changes to database environments.
• Perform SQL Server installations (2022, 2025+) with failover clustering.
• Provide administration and support for SQL Server databases.
• Apply data modeling principles as needed.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

SQL clustering

High availability

Transact-SQL

SQL tuning

Windows OS

Data modeling

Azure Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / information systems

Tools

SSIS

SSAS

SSRS

Azure Cloud

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL Server 2019+

Job description

VDOT ITD Tolling group seeks a SQL Server/Cloud DBA to administer and support SQL Server and cloud databases for the Tolling Eng and Ops Team. Role includes help desk and application support on a rotating basis with the Tolling team.

Required: 2+ years SQL Server DB experience, 1+ year Azure/Snowflake/Databricks, Bachelor’s in CS or related field, strong communication skills. Fingerprint background check required.