Senior Database Administrator

Our client is looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join its technology team and take ownership of highly available, mission-critical Microsoft SQL Server environments. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on database professional who enjoys solving complex performance, reliability, and scalability challenges.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments.

• Lead database performance diagnostics, query optimization, indexing, and workload analysis.

• Design and support highly available and scalable database architectures using SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and multi-site technologies.

• Develop and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies for mission-critical databases.

• Develop proactive monitoring and alerting to identify performance, capacity, and availability risks.

• Automate database administration tasks using PowerShell and T-SQL.

• Manage SQL Server upgrades, patching, migrations, and database lifecycle activities.

• Support reporting and analytics workloads, including SSRS and Qlik.

• Partner with application and infrastructure teams on schema design, database standards, code reviews, and release planning.

• Maintain database security, access controls, auditing, and governance standards.

• Develop technical documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks.

• Mentor junior team members and participate in knowledge sharing.

• Participate in on-call and off-hours support as required.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Microsoft SQL Server administration experience in enterprise environments.

• Strong SQL Server performance tuning and troubleshooting experience.

• Hands-on experience with Always On Availability Groups and high-availability/disaster-recovery environments.

• Experience implementing and managing database backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Proficiency with T-SQL and PowerShell.

• Experience with SQL Server upgrades, patching, and migrations.

• Experience supporting reporting and analytics workloads.

• Experience with SSRS, Qlik, and database monitoring tools.

• Strong understanding of SQL Server security, access controls, and auditing.

• Python experience is a plus.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, production-focused environment.

• Must be comfortable working 100% onsite, Monday through Friday, in Warren, Michigan.

   

If you are a high performer and would like to work for an equally high performing company and you think the above opportunity is appropriate for you, we invite you to submit your resume in Microsoft Word format to slewis@venteon.com

We treat all resumes with strict confidentiality. We will always contact you first before submitting your resume to our client(s) for review. If you do not receive correspondence, you are not a fit for this position.

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