Sr Database Administrator

MedRisk LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MedRisk LLC in CA, US seeks a Sr Database Administrator to lead enterprise SQL Server environments, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and lifecycle management. Mentors DBAs and partners with engineering for platform standards and migrations.

The role covers capacity planning, disaster recovery, and complex upgrades, with on-call responsibilities and collaboration across teams. Strong T-SQL, HA/DR, and cloud experience are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in a production enterprise environment.
• Expert-level knowledge of SQL Server 2017/2019/2022/2025, including major upgrades.
• Proficient in T-SQL query optimization and performance tuning.
• Proven design of high availability and disaster recovery architectures (Always On, clustering, log shipping).
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS principles, schema design, normalization, and index strategy.
• Experience with cloud-hosted SQL Server environments (Azure SQL, AWS RDS) preferred.
• Familiarity with HIPAA and security/compliance frameworks is preferred.
• Automation/scripting experience (PowerShell, dbatools) for routine ops.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring of DBAs.
• Excellent communication and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain highly available, secure SQL Server environments.
• Own the organization's HA and DR strategy, including regular DR testing.
• Lead capacity planning and performance initiatives; resolve performance issues.
• Establish and enforce database standards, security, monitoring, and change management.
• Serve as escalation point for critical incidents; perform root cause analysis.
• Lead upgrades, consolidations, and cloud migrations (Azure SQL).
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement database technologies and automation (PowerShell, dbatools).
• Own database security and compliance posture, including access controls and encryption.
• Mentor DBAs and provide technical leadership across the team.
• Collaborate on database design reviews and T-SQL tuning; manage vendor relationships.

Skills

SQL Server administration

T-SQL performance tuning

High availability & DR

Cloud migrations (Azure SQL / AWS RDS)

Mentoring DBAs

Leadership & project coordination

Security & HIPAA compliance

Automation (PowerShell, dbatools)

Vendor management

On-call support

Tools

PowerShell

dbatools

SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio)

RedGate SQL Monitor

Job description

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Sr Database Administrator

Full Time Regular Professional CA, US

4 days ago Requisition ID: 2899

Salary Range: $120,000.00 To $140,000.00 Annually

Position Summary

The Senior Database Administrator is a senior-level technical role responsible for the architecture, high availability, performance, security, and lifecycle management of enterprise SQL Server database environments. The role serves as the technical authority on database platform strategy, capacity planning, and disaster recovery, and provides mentorship and technical leadership to the Database Administrator team. Partners with the Senior Database Engineer and application development teams to establish and enforce database standards, and leads complex upgrade, consolidation, and migration initiatives.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain highly available, secure, and scalable SQL Server database environments across production and non-production tiers.
• Own the organization's high availability and disaster recovery strategy (Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, log shipping/mirroring), including planning and leading regular DR testing.
• Lead capacity planning and performance/scalability initiatives, proactively identifying and resolving systemic performance issues before they impact the business.
• Establish, document, and enforce database standards, policies, and best practices for security, backup/recovery, monitoring, and change management.
• Serve as an escalation point for critical database incidents; lead root cause analysis and drive preventive remediation.
• Lead complex, cross-functional projects such as SQL Server version upgrades, platform consolidations, and cloud migrations (e.g., Azure SQL).
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement database technologies, tools, and automation (e.g., RedGate, PowerShell, infrastructure-as-code) to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
• Own the database security and compliance posture, including access controls, auditing, and encryption, in alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership and career development guidance to Database Administrators and other team members.
• Partner with the Senior Database Engineer and application development teams on database design reviews, T-SQL performance tuning, and development standards.
• Manage vendor relationships and licensing for database platforms and tooling.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide senior-level guidance during off-hours escalations as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years' experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in a production enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience with SQL Server 2017/2019/2022/2025, including planning and executing major version upgrades.
• Expert-level knowledge of T-SQL, including complex query optimization and performance tuning.
• Proven experience designing and supporting high availability and disaster recovery architectures (Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, log shipping).
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS principles, schema design, normalization, and index strategy.
• Experience with cloud-hosted SQL Server environments (Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance or AWS RDS) strongly preferred.
• Experience with database security, auditing, and compliance frameworks (e.g., HIPAA) preferred, given the health care industry context.
• Experience with automation and scripting (PowerShell, dbatools, or equivalent) for routine database operations.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience, including mentoring junior/mid-level DBAs.
• Familiarity with Agile principles and methodologies.
• Experience with RedGate SQL Monitor or similar monitoring/tooling a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical/executive audiences.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and drive initiatives with minimal supervision.