SQL Database Administrator

Quiddity Infotech LLC; New Jersey; On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly skilled SQL Database Administrator to lead a transformative database project. This role involves analyzing and redesigning database architectures to handle up to 5 million transactions daily, ensuring scalability and performance. You will collaborate closely with application developers and DevOps teams, implementing best practices for database management. Join a collaborative environment where your expertise will drive innovation and efficiency in a cutting-edge technology stack. If you are passionate about database solutions and want to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Career Growth Opportunities

Collaborative Team Environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SQL Server database design and administration.
• Experience with large-volume databases and archival strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a high-performance database architecture.
• Optimize database performance and ensure high availability.

Skills

SQL Server

Performance Tuning

Database Design

Microservices Architecture

T-SQL

Data Security

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

ERwin

PowerDesigner

Job description

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About Us: We are a leading SaaS company built on the Microsoft Technology stack, delivering high-performance applications to our clients. As our business scales, we are undertaking a major database transformation to ensure our systems can process up to 5 million transactions per day, compared to our current capability of 1 million transactions. We are seeking a highly skilled Software Architect with prior experience in redesigning databases to contribute from day one. Our Back Office System is cloud-agnostic and databases are self-hosted on virtual machines (VMs).

Job Summary: The SQL Database Administrator/Senior Database Developer will be responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing a scalable and high-performance database solution. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with SQL Server, performance tuning, and designing scalable database architectures that support microservices-based applications and AI-driven systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess the current SQL Server database architecture and identify areas for improvement in scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Design and implement a new high-performance, future-ready database architecture to support a 5M daily transaction load and integration with microservices and AI-driven systems.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive archival strategy for cold, warm, and hot data storage to efficiently manage a large-scale system of 100TB.
• Work closely with application developers to ensure database design aligns with the microservices architecture.
• Optimize database performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks, indexing strategies, and query tuning.
• Develop and implement best practices for database design, partitioning, indexing, and data archiving.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies with near-zero RPO and RTO, considering the multi-agency information handled by the system.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate deployment, backup, and monitoring processes.
• Implement data security measures and ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the development and operations teams.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest SQL Server technologies and industry trends.
• Perform Bulk Insert, import, export from different data sources.
• Develop scripts to create constraints, defaults, rules, tables, indexes, vies, stored procedures, functions, triggers, cursors and dynamic TSQL queries.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in SQL Server database design, development, and administration.
• Proven experience in redesigning and implementing large-scale, high-performance SQL Server databases, with the ability to contribute from day one.
• Strong understanding of database scalability techniques such as sharding, partitioning, and indexing.
• Experience in handling large-volume databases (100TB+) and implementing efficient archival strategies.
• Proficiency in performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting database issues.
• Experience with self-hosted SQL Server databases on virtual machines (VMs).
• Hands-on experience with database migration, backup, and recovery processes.
• Familiarity with data modeling techniques and tools such as ERwin or PowerDesigner.
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL, stored procedures, and triggers.
• Experience with microservices architecture and integrating databases within distributed systems.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Tolling Experience is strong plus
• Any relevant SQL Server certification is preferred.
• Experience with NoSQL databases and hybrid database solutions.
• Knowledge of AI-driven database optimization and predictive analytics.
• Knowledge of ETL processes and data warehousing concepts.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on innovative, high-impact software systems.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• The chance to contribute to cutting edge technology stack including GenAI and Agentic AI

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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