SQL Database Administrator II — Azure & Automation

Spencer's; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Career advancement

Competitive base salary

Bonus opportunity

Vacation, Personal, Sick and Holiday

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, L

Life and AD&D insurance

401k with a company match

30% merchandise discount

Job summary

Spencer's in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, seeks a Database Administrator II to manage SQL Server environments on-premises and in Azure. You will ensure reliability, performance, and security while automating processes and providing production support.

The role requires 3–5 years of SQL Server experience, strong tuning skills, and collaboration with development teams to optimize databases. A comprehensive benefits package is included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent preferred.
• Three to five years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server administration experience.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server installation, configuration, upgrades, backups, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with SSIS, SSRS, SQL Agent, ETL processes, and monitoring platforms.
• PowerShell, T‑SQL, or similar scripting languages for automation.
• Good knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, storage, networking, and change management.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain SQL Server environments across development, QA, staging, and production in on-premises and Azure.
• Configure, patch, upgrade, secure, and support database servers with backups and recovery validation.
• Troubleshoot performance, availability, storage, connectivity, and job failures; provide root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize query performance and schema design.
• Support high availability and disaster recovery to meet business continuity objectives.
• Develop automation, monitoring, reporting using PowerShell and T-SQL.
• Lead DBA initiatives, migrations, and 24x7 on-call rotation.

Skills

SQL Server administration

Azure SQL

Query tuning

PowerShell scripting

Disaster recovery

On-call rotation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Microsoft SQL Server/Azure certifications

Tools

SSIS

SSRS

SQL Agent

Azure SQL services

Job description

Spencer's in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, seeks a Database Administrator II to manage SQL Server environments on-premises and in Azure. You will ensure reliability, performance, and security while automating processes and providing production support.

The role requires 3–5 years of SQL Server experience, strong tuning skills, and collaboration with development teams to optimize databases. A comprehensive benefits package is included.