Senior Database Administrator

Location:

Houston, TX – I-10/Bunker Hill

Onsite 100%

Duration:
Direct Hire

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Skills Required:

5+ years as a SQL DBA, PostgreSQL

The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for the stability, performance, security, and availability of enterprise relational databases, with a primary focus on Microsoft SQL Server and Postgre

SQL. This is a hands‑on production role supporting 24/7 systems, including database operations, performance tuning, incident response, and deployment management. The role also owns SSAS Tabular models, SSIS ETL pipelines, and database deployments using Redgate tools, and works closely with application, reporting, and infrastructure teams.

• Administer and support SQL Server and Postgre
  
  SQL across development, test, and production
• Perform backups, restores, patching, upgrades, maintenance, and integrity checks
• Monitor availability, performance, replication, and capacity; resolve production incidents
• Troubleshoot performance issues including blocking, locking, deadlocks, and resource contention
• Manage database security, roles, permissions, and compliance controls
• Plan and execute capacity and scalability initiatives
• Support high availability and disaster recovery strategies
• Manage replication, failover, backups, and restores
• Analyze and optimize queries using EXPLAIN/ANALYZE and indexing
• Support schema changes and production deployments
• Enforce Postgre
  
  SQL best practices with development teams

• Administer and tune SQL Server for transactional, reporting, and analytical workloads
• Design and maintain SSAS Tabular models, including DAX, relationships, and refresh strategies
• Optimize Tabular model performance and processing
• Develop and support SSIS ETL pipelines
• Monitor ETL jobs and resolve failures

• Use Redgate tools (SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, SQL Monitor, Source Control) for deployments and monitoring
• Manage database releases, schema changes, and rollback strategies
• Maintain operational and recovery documentation
• Participate in on‑call rotation and after‑hours production support
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures

• 5+ years of hands‑on DBA experience supporting SQL Server and Postgre
  
  SQL in production

• Advanced production administration and performance tuning
• Strong T‑SQL troubleshooting and indexing skills
• Enterprise experience with SSAS Tabular and SSIS
• Knowledge of SQL Server HA/DR
• Production administration and performance tuning
• Replication, backup, restore, and maintenance operations
• Safe execution of schema changes and releases

• Development and optimization of Tabular models
• Strong DAX and semantic model performance knowledge

• Building, scheduling, monitoring, and troubleshooting ETL pipelines

• Daily use of Redgate deployment and monitoring tools
• Experience with database Dev Ops, source control, and release management
• Strong understanding of relational database and data warehousing concepts