Database Administrator

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Database Administrator (DBA) for a contract-to-hire opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server databases hosted on Azure SQL Managed Instances
• Perform routine maintenance, including backups, patching, integrity checks, and disaster recovery
• Monitor database health and apply performance tuning techniques to optimize database performance

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a DBA with Microsoft SQL Server
• Expertise in writing and optimizing T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, and queries
• Solid understanding of indexing strategies, execution plans, and locking mechanisms
• Experience in backup/restore strategies, high availability, and disaster recovery
• Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Lake Storage Gen2, or other cloud data platform components