We're looking for an experienced Sr. SQL DBA to design, implement, and optimize SQL Server environments while ensuring top-tier security, performance, and availability across our database infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate database requirements (on-prem & cloud) and recommend scalable solutions
- Manage backups, restores, integrity checks, and performance tuning
- Optimize queries and indexes for efficiency
- Implement and maintain database security policies & compliance standards
- Conduct regular security audits and address vulnerabilities
- Maintain high availability clusters and ensure replication uptime
- Monitor systems proactively using enterprise monitoring tools
- Generate performance, usage, and capacity planning reports
- Mentor and guide junior DBAs and System Administrators
Specific Duties
- Support and troubleshoot A.O. Smith SQL servers and databases
- Serve as escalation point for SQL performance/operational issues
- Maintain system documentation and perform capacity trending
- Support Azure & AWS environments as part of ongoing cloud transition
✅ Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in IS, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience/certifications)
- 6+ years of SQL experience in an enterprise environment
- Experience with Oracle databases
- Working knowledge of MS SQL in Azure
- Strong understanding of IT security principles
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced troubleshooting & task automation experience
- Experience with patch management tools
- PeopleSoft experience
- AWS RDS experience is a plus
- ITIL certification preferred
- Windows / AWS / Azure certification desirable
- Strong communication skills; comfortable working with globally dispersed teams
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic workplace
Interested? Apply now or tag someone who'd be a great fit!