SQL Server DBA – HA/DR & Performance Tuning Expert

Tata Consultancy Services; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Medical coverage

Parental Leaves

Insurance options

Commuter benefits

Training reimbursement

Vacation & holidays

Legal assistance

401K plan

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking a senior SQL Server DBA to manage large production databases in a Windows environment. You will install, configure, and optimize SQL Server instances across multiple environments, ensuring performance, security, and availability.

Responsibilities include daily operations, backups, HA/DR design, patching, and collaboration with application and infrastructure teams. Strong T-SQL and scripting skills are required; 24x7 support duties may apply.

Qualifications

• Experience as SQL Server DBA in large prod environments.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server internals and indexing.
• Experience with HA/DR and backups in Windows Server environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools and performance counters.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer SQL Server environments (2012-2022).
• Manage daily DB operations across Dev, Test, UAT, Production.
• Monitor performance and availability, proactively address issues.
• Perform backups and recoveries using full, differential, and log backups.
• Design HA/DR solutions with Always On, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Replication.
• Tune queries, indexes, and storage for performance.
• Apply patches and upgrades across SQL Server versions.
• Support deployments with other teams during outages.
• Automate tasks with T-SQL and PowerShell.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks; participate in 24x7 support.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

SQL Server architecture

Backup and recovery

Always On Availability Groups

T-SQL

Windows Server

Monitoring & performance

Security & compliance

Production databases

Communication & documentation

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking a senior SQL Server DBA to manage large production databases in a Windows environment. You will install, configure, and optimize SQL Server instances across multiple environments, ensuring performance, security, and availability.

Responsibilities include daily operations, backups, HA/DR design, patching, and collaboration with application and infrastructure teams. Strong T-SQL and scripting skills are required; 24x7 support duties may apply.