SQL Database Administrator

Job Title: SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA)
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid 2 3 Days Onsite/Week

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Microsoft SQL Server databases across development, test, and production environments.
• Monitor database health, performance, availability, and capacity.
• Perform SQL Server installation, upgrades, patching, and configuration.
• Manage database backup, recovery, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
• Support migration of on-premises SQL Server databases to Microsoft Azure.
• Assess existing database environments and recommend migration strategies.
• Optimize SQL queries, indexes, stored procedures, and overall database performance.
• Implement database security, user access controls, and compliance best practices.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers, application developers, infrastructure, and security teams.
• Create operational documentation, migration runbooks, and database standards.
• Support production deployments, troubleshooting, and change management activities.

Required Skills

• 6+ years of SQL Server Database Administration experience.
• Strong Microsoft SQL Server administration expertise.
• Experience migrating SQL Server workloads to Microsoft Azure.
• Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Virtual Machines.
• Database performance tuning and optimization.
• Backup, Restore, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Database security administration and compliance.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.