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Senior Database Administrator

Job in Madison, Madison County, Alabama, 35756, USA
Listing for: Jobtailor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-08
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Database Administrator, Disaster Recovery IT
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 75000 - 110000 USD Yearly USD 75000.00 110000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
  • Administer and maintain SQL Server, SQL Server Managed Instance, Azure SQL, Managed PostgreSQL, and InfluxDB platforms across on-premises and cloud environments
  • Ensure database availability, reliability, operational stability, scalability, and capacity
  • Manage backups, recovery, restoration, monitoring, patching, performance tuning, security, access controls, and database health
  • Implement and support database changes, releases, migrations, schema updates, and deployment automation using Flyway and Git Hub Actions, with Jenkins where applicable
  • Partner with application, infrastructure, and Business Intelligence teams on deployments, incidents, troubleshooting, and business data needs
  • Support Dev Ops activities related to deployments, environment readiness, and release coordination
  • Develop and maintain operational standards, documentation, inventories, configuration records, and support procedures
  • Support development, testing, staging, training, provisioning, refreshes, cloning, integrations, reporting, scheduled jobs, and routine processing
  • Assist with audits, compliance reviews, data retention, archival, housekeeping, and evidence gathering
  • Coordinate with vendors and internal support teams on service issues
  • Participate in technology upgrades, platform transitions, database consolidation, evaluation of new tools, and operational readiness
  • Contribute to incident follow-up, problem tracking, capacity planning, platform standards, and service improvements
  • Provide on-call or after-hours support as required
Requirements
  • High School Degree or Equivalent
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience
  • Experience administering SQL Server in self-hosted/on-premises environments
  • Experience administering SQL Server Managed Instance, Azure SQL, and Azure Managed PostgreSQL
  • Experience supporting InfluxDB or comparable time-series database platforms
  • Experience with database backup, recovery, restore, high availability, performance monitoring, tuning, troubleshooting, security, permissions, and access controls
  • Experience with database change management, schema updates, release activities, Flyway, and Git Hub Actions
  • Experience supporting databases across on-premises and cloud-based platforms
  • Experience troubleshooting production incidents and mission-critical database systems
  • Experience evaluating or supporting modern data platforms, such as Snowflake
  • Experience using Delinea or similar privileged access management tools
  • Knowledge of relational database administration, cloud database services, hybrid environments, CI/CD, Dev Ops, database monitoring, disaster recovery, and high availability
  • Proficiency writing and troubleshooting SQL queries, scripts, stored procedures, database jobs, and technical documentation
  • Ability to manage multiple database platforms and priorities, resolve issues timely, support reliable production systems, prioritize incidents and deadlines, collaborate cross-functionally, communicate technical issues clearly, maintain confidentiality, work independently, and adapt to changing technologies
  • Ability to participate in on-call support or after-hours response as required
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in administering and maintaining SQL Server, Azure SQL, and InfluxDB across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring database reliability, performance tuning, and security. Proficient in database change management, troubleshooting, and supporting Dev Ops activities with tools like Flyway and Git Hub Actions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • SQL Server Administration
  • Azure SQL Management
  • InfluxDB Support
  • Database Change Management
  • Dev Ops Support
Hard Skills
  • SQL Server
  • Azure SQL
  • Managed PostgreSQL
  • InfluxDB
  • Database Backup
  • Performance Monitoring
  • SQL Query Writing
  • Schema Updates
  • Flyway
  • Git Hub Actions
Soft Skills
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Clear Communication
  • Independent Work
  • Adaptability
Industry Keywords
  • Database Administration
  • Cloud Database Services
  • Disaster Recovery
  • High Availability
  • Compliance Reviews
Tools & Technologies
  • Delinea
  • Jenkins
  • CI/CD
  • Database Monitoring Tools
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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