SQL Database Administrator

Job in Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, 48083, USA

Listing for: Detroit IT

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-03

Job specializations:

IT/Tech
Database Administrator, IT Consultant, Data Engineering, Systems Administrator

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR

Job Description

Title:
Sr. SQL Database Administrator

Location:
Metro Detroit, MI

Duration: contract

Department:
Information Systems

Job Summary:

The Database Administrator is responsible maintaining systems, tuning, aiding in design and solving database issues for systems running SQL server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012.

Job Responsibilities:

Experience setting up backups and recovery scripts.
Troubleshoot SQL Server service outages as they occur.
Ability to create stored procedures to facilitate processing and maintenance.
Experience working with very large databases.
Ability to automate everyday tasks using stored procedures, Power Shell or other language.
Experience with Mirroring, Log shipping, Service Broker, Partitioning, Change Data Capture, Clustering and other options for SQL Server.
Understanding of tuning.
Install and configure new SQL Server instances.
When performance issues arise, determine the most effective way to increase performance including hardware purchases, server configuration changes, or index/query changes.
Document the company’s database environment.
SSIS experience for loading data into systems (ETL).
Ensure all database servers are backed up in a way that meets the business’s Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).

Qualifications

BS in Information Technology or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator.
Strong T-SQL and SQL Server skills.
Experience working with large databases.

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