Database Administrator 4

Job Title: Database Administrator 4 (689029) Location: Atlanta, GA 30345 Remote Duration: Long-Term Contract The DBA Job Functions include the following, but are not limited to: • Provide operational support of databases from development to mission-critical production implementations in On-Prem and AWS Cloud environments. Coordinate, design, and configure database structures and communication links across multiple database platforms to ensure high availability and minimal downtime. • Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution database-related incidents and requests. • Implement database performance metrics measurements to track and analyze database growth. • Monitor the database (performance, memory, CPU) and assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement to increase efficiency in all systems. • Analyze existing systems and make recommendations on which technology best suits the business requirement for high availability, disaster recovery and/or high performance. • Perform switchover and failover activities. • Plan and implement homogeneous/heterogeneous migrations of databases from On-prem to AWS EC2. • Create and manage policies for S3 buckets. • Analyze archive requirements and implement data archival processes. • Define backup and recovery strategies using Idera SQLSafe or Native SQL Server Backup/recovery. • Perform Full database/PTR recoveries per application requirements. • Work with respective Application owners/developers to ensure proper database security standards are being followed. • Apply patches and upgrades on the databases in regular intervals as per the security compliance. • Develop and maintain documentation on Database inventory and Capacity Utilization of the resources. • Participate in on-call rotations. (After-hours work includes scheduled maintenance, supporting application deployment, and hardware/software upgrades). MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field from an accredited college or university. • A minimum of 10 years of experience in support of a MS SQL Server database management system. • Expertise in/hands-on experience working with Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (with working knowledge or previous administration of SQL 2012-SQL 2016 and Windows Server 2012+). • 2+ years hands-on AWS experience, including knowledge of Amazon RDS, Amazon Migration Services, and database replication across multiple AWS regions. • Hands-on experience designing and implementing highly available production systems using the following technologies: Database Mirroring, Log Shipping, Windows/SQL clustering, and Availability Groups. • Hands-on experience with SQL Server patching and upgrades. • Experience with developing scripts for SQL Server Backup, Integrity Check, and Index and Statistics Maintenance. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • MCTS, MCITP, and/or MCDBA certifications are a plus. • AWS Certification and/or AWS Certified Database - Specialty is an advantage • Experience with Oracle 19c • Experience in database technologies like Oracle, MS SQL, and AWS DB services like RDS, Amazon Aurora, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Skills: SQL,DBA

Created: 2026-03-10