SQL DBA AWS - Onsite - NYC Fort Mill Austin Sandiego

$60/hr on W2

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Job Title - SQL DBA with Hands on AWS

Location:

Onsite - NYC, NY / Fort Mill, SC / Austin, TX / San Diego, CA

Long Term Contract

We are urgently looking for a Senior SQL Server DBA + AWS for a US banking customer.

Customer is looking for a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator to lead the design, administration, performance tuning, security, and availability of mission critical Microsoft SQL Server environments across on premises and cloud platforms. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work closely with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of database platforms.

• Install, configure, upgrade, patching and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server (2019–2022) in production, non-production, and DR environments
• Manage Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances (FCI), Replication, and Log Shipping
• Perform capacity planning and proactive performance monitoring.
• Work with App/Dev teams to perform code reviews and schema validations.

• Manage AWS RDS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Document DB, DynamoDB on hybrid platforms.
• Should have good experience in migration of SQL Server Onprem databases to Cloud RDS/Aurora.
• Migration of databases to Aurora Postgres/MySQL and migrating RDBMS/No
  
  SQL databases.
• Configure MultiAZ, Read replica instances in cloud.
• Should have good understanding and experience in performing AWS DMS, S3/VPC/IAM/Security groups in AWS
• Support database migrations using tools like AWS SCT and work with SSMS, SSRS and other SQL tools
• Optimize RDS/cloud database cost, performance, and scalability.

• Analyze and tune query performance, indexes, execution plans, and blocking/deadlock issues
• Optimize tempdb, memory, CPU, and I/O configurations
• Work with developers to improve SQL code quality and database design

• Design and manage backup and restore strategies.
• Perform recovery in AWS Cloud instances.
• Perform regular DR drills and recovery testing
• Support RPO/RTO objectives for business-critical systems

• Automate routine SQL Installations and DBA tasks using Power Shell, T SQL.
• Implement and manage monitoring tools (SSMS, Cloud Watch)
• Create dashboards, alerts, and runbooks

• Provide L3/L4 support for database incidents and outages
• Participate in on call rotation for critical systems
• Mentor junior DBAs and review operational procedures
• Collaborate with infra, cloud, and Dev Ops teams