Information Technology - SQL Server Database Administrator 130-2067
On-siteTulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Job Summary
Administer SQL Server environments hosted on virtual machines, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure SQL Database across production and nonproduction workloads. Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain instances while designing backup, restore, high-availability, and disaster-recovery solutions aligned with business recovery objectives. Monitor database health, capacity, and performance; troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, query regressions, and resource contention. Optimize queries, indexes, and execution plans to improve performance and control cost. Implement security controls including least-privilege access, encryption, and secrets management. Automate recurring tasks using T-SQL, PowerShell, or Azure Automation. Partner with application, cloud infrastructure, security, and data engineering teams on solution design and incident response. Maintain operational documentation and participate in an on-call support rotation. Requires seven years of enterprise database administration experience with Azure certifications and a Health Care Sanctions background check.
Required Qualifications
- Working knowledge of SQL Server 2025 AI features including semantic search, RAG, NLP and SSMS CoPilot
- Demonstrated knowledge with SQL Server on virtual machines, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure SQL Database
- Advanced proficiency in T-SQL, database performance tuning, indexing, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, security, monitoring, capacity management and maintenance of SQL Server and related services in virtual machine environments
- Ability to support business-critical production databases and leading complex incident troubleshooting through resolution
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound change-management practices, and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams
- Successful completion of Health Care Sanctions background check
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business information systems
- A current Azure Database Administrator Associate certification
- A minimum of seven years of professional database administration experience in enterprise environments
- A minimum of three years of hands-on experience administering SQL Server data platforms in Microsoft Azure
Desired Qualifications
- Experience operating and supporting data integration solutions with Azure Data Factory preferred
- Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics, including dedicated or serverless SQL workloads preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, lakehouses and Fabric Data Warehouse preferred
- Experience administering Power BI environments, including gateways, semantic models, refresh schedules, access controls, capacity, monitoring and governance preferred
- Experience with infrastructure as code, source control, CI/CD pipelines and automated database deployment practices preferred
- Experience supporting regulated, security-sensitive, or highly available enterprise environments and industries such as Healthcare, Financial Services or Oil and Gas preferred
- Experience with other RDBMS platforms such as Oracle, PostgreSQL or MongoDB preferred
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