SQL Server DBA - Onsite 4 Days Near Richmond, Azure Cloud

Akaasa Technologies; Virginia; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Akaasa Technologies in Virginia seeks a seasoned SQL Server DBA for tolling systems. The role focuses on administering SQL Server and cloud databases, ensuring uptime, and supporting the Tolling Eng and Ops Team.

You will handle clustering, high availability, performance tuning, and migrations to newer SQL Server versions, while collaborating with Engineering and Operations to meet agency priorities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• At least 1 year of Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks experience (cert acceptable in lieu of experience).
• Master's degree in computer science, information systems or equivalent.
• 3–4 years upgrading EZPass VA Tolling SQL Server environments (SQL 2012 to 2019) incl. compatibility, Query Tuning Assistant, and Database Migration Assistant.
• Experience diagnosing deadlocks and blocking in Tolling workloads (Extended Events, Query Store, wait stats).
• Experience tuning Very Large Databases (2 TB+) including index optimization and reducing resource contention.

Responsibilities

• Monitor databases to maintain uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, access, and security issues for applications/databases.
• Tune long-running SQL and optimize queries.
• Review and refine database tasks to align with priorities.
• Use OS scripting for maintenance/diagnosis and support.
• Review implementations and execute necessary changes.
• Perform SQL Server installations (2022, 2025+) with failover clustering.
• Support SQL Server databases (administration, support, tuning).
• Apply data modeling principles in database design.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

High availability

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Large databases

Windows platforms

Azure Cloud

Data modeling

Education

Master's degree in CS/IS

Tools

SQL Server 2019+

Azure Cloud

SSIS/SSAS/SSRS

Job description

Akaasa Technologies in Virginia seeks a seasoned SQL Server DBA for tolling systems. The role focuses on administering SQL Server and cloud databases, ensuring uptime, and supporting the Tolling Eng and Ops Team.

You will handle clustering, high availability, performance tuning, and migrations to newer SQL Server versions, while collaborating with Engineering and Operations to meet agency priorities.