SQL Database Administrator — Performance & Data Migrations

LHH; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH Recruitment Solutions in Nashville, TN is seeking a Database Administrator. The role focuses on monitoring database health, performance, and data migrations while supporting business systems and integrations. You will own the data side and help improve applications relying on data.

Type: Permanent/Direct Hire. Compensation varies by experience, with ranges for entry, mid, and senior levels. This position emphasizes reliability, security, and collaboration with vendors and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years designing and supporting SQL data environments.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience partnering across departments to enable technology solutions.
• Strong documentation of procedures and standards.
• Ability to analyze challenges and implement scalable fixes.
• Knowledge of data integrity, backups, and DR planning.

Responsibilities

• Administer data platforms, including SQL Servers, ensuring availability, security and reliability.
• Support and maintain integrated business applications, serving as liaison between vendors and stakeholders.
• Develop and optimize database objects, bulk data migration, indexing, automation, and data processes.
• Plan and execute data conversion, system migration, and information transfer across environments.
• Support applications by coding and implementing stored procedures.
• Monitor utilization and implement performance improvements for responsiveness and scalability.
• Investigate issues affecting applications and data environments, driving fixes.
• Maintain business continuity via backups, recovery testing and protection strategies.
• Coordinate connectivity and data exchange across apps, integrations, databases, and platforms.
• Administer collaboration platforms, including user provisioning and ongoing platform support.

Skills

SQL Server

Data migration

Performance tuning

Technical documentation

Stakeholder communication

System integration

Tools

SharePoint

.NET web applications

Job description

LHH Recruitment Solutions in Nashville, TN is seeking a Database Administrator. The role focuses on monitoring database health, performance, and data migrations while supporting business systems and integrations. You will own the data side and help improve applications relying on data.

Type: Permanent/Direct Hire. Compensation varies by experience, with ranges for entry, mid, and senior levels. This position emphasizes reliability, security, and collaboration with vendors and internal teams.