SQL Database Administrator/ SQL Server DBA

PDSSOFT INC.; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PDSSOFT INC. seeks a skilled SQL Server Administrator to manage SQL Server 2016–2025 environments, perform backups, restores and migrations, and ensure security and availability across multiple environments.

The role requires expertise in performance tuning, index optimization, and execution plan analysis, with preferred exposure to Azure SQL and Oracle administration to support diverse systems.

Qualifications

• Experience administering SQL Server environments (2016–2025) in multi-environment setups.
• Proficient with performance tuning, query optimization, index management, and execution plans.
• Familiarity with Azure SQL services and Oracle administration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer SQL Server environments across development, test, and production.
• Handle backups, restores, recoveries, and database refreshes between environments.
• Perform performance tuning, monitor alerts, and troubleshoot incidents.

Skills

SQL Server administration

Tools

SQL Server

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Oracle

Job description

Microsoft SQL Server (Required) Administration & Operations

• SQL Server 2016 through SQL Server 2025 administration
• Backup, restore, recovery, and database refreshes between environments
• Security administration (logins, users, roles, AD group integration)
• Database access troubleshooting and permissions management
• SQL Agent job troubleshooting and maintenance
• Support ticket processing and incident response

Performance & Availability SQL performance tuning (query tuning, index optimization, execution plan analysis)

• Windows Failover Clustering and SQL Server clustered instances
• Always On Availability Groups
• High availability and disaster recovery planning/testing

Maintenance & Upgrades

• SQL Server migration projects to newer versions
• Migration planning and execution
• Database consistency checks and maintenance plans
• Monitoring and alerting tools experience
• Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance familiarity
• Azure Storage Accounts, Blob Storage, and backup/recovery concepts
• Azure networking awareness (Private Endpoints, VNets, Firewalls)
• Oracle (Preferred / Backup Support as needed) Administration
• Oracle 9i Data Guard, 10g, 11g on AIX
• Oracle 12c/19c multitenant architecture (CDB/PDB) on RHEL