Sr Database Administrator

ezcorp; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ezcorp is seeking a senior SQL Server DBA to own reliability, performance, security, and continuous improvement of a large Azure-based SQL Server estate. The role blends DBA duties with automation and data platform work, supporting production and non-production systems, pipelines, and recovery readiness.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years SQL Server administration, strong T-SQL development, and substantial Azure SQL experience across IaaS and PaaS.

Qualifications

• 8+ years administering Microsoft SQL Server with 5+ years of T-SQL development.
• 3+ years in schema design or modernization.
• 2+ years hands-on Azure SQL in IaaS and PaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer SQL Server VMs, Azure SQL logical servers, and managed instances across production and dev environments.
• Tune queries, manage indexes/stats, plan capacity and costs, and handle backups/restores/DR exercises.
• Design and validate HA, recovery, and replication practices; coordinate with apps/analytics teams on availability.

Skills

SQL Server admin

T-SQL development

Azure SQL / Azure services

PowerShell automation

High availability / Always On

Code review & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure Monitor

Foglight

Job description

Role overview

Own the reliability, performance, security, and ongoing improvement of a substantial Azure-based SQL Server estate. This senior role combines core database administration with automation and data platform work, supporting production and non-production systems, dependable pipelines, and recovery readiness.

Responsibilities

• Administer SQL Server virtual machines, high-availability clusters, Azure SQL logical servers, elastic pools, and managed instances across production and development environments.
• Tune queries and databases, maintain indexes and statistics, plan capacity and costs, and manage access, backups, restores, and disaster recovery exercises.
• Design and validate high-availability, recovery, and replication practices; monitor data consistency and work with application, reporting, and analytics teams on availability needs.
• Build monitoring and alerting with Azure tools, SQL jobs, scripts, and incident notification services; join on-call rotations, lead incident response, and document follow-up improvements.
• Use infrastructure-as-code and delivery practices to standardize database resources and deployments, and contribute to data governance, platform modernization, and database consolidation.

Requirements

• 8+ years administering Microsoft SQL Server, including 5+ years of T-SQL development and performance optimization and 3+ years in schema design or modernization.
• At least 2 years working with Azure services and hands‑on administration of Azure SQL and SQL Server in both IaaS and PaaS environments.
• Experience with high‑transaction OLTP systems, query tuning, and SQL Server failover clustering or Always On.
• Proficiency with PowerShell automation and monitoring; experience with tools such as Azure Monitor, Foglight, or comparable solutions.
• Experience with code review and mentoring, plus a willingness to expand into modern data platform practices.
• A relevant bachelor's degree is required, or equivalent education and experience; a related master's degree is preferred.

Nice to have

• Data engineering or ETL/ELT experience; Terraform and infrastructure-as-code knowledge; lakehouse or medallion architecture; Databricks, Azure Data Factory, or Microsoft Fabric experience.
• Background in cloud migrations, database DevOps, regulated environments, streaming, data governance, or YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines. Relevant Microsoft or Databricks certifications are valued.

Benefits and work setup

• The role is listed in Mexico City. Compensation and specific benefits were not provided in the available role details.