[Remote] Senior Sql Database Administrator
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BayOne Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to optimize and tune performance across mission-critical database environments, with a primary focus on Microsoft SQL Server. The role is responsible for database administration, monitoring, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization, while also supporting enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines using Airflow, dbt, and AWS services.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, tune, and optimize database performance for mission-critical SQL Server environments
- Perform deep analysis of slow-running queries, indexes, and workloads using advanced performance monitoring tools
- Partner with developers to improve SQL code efficiency, optimize schema design, and ensure scalable architecture
- Implement, maintain, and support database monitoring tools for proactive detection and resolution of performance issues
- Administer and support SQL Server databases, including user access, backups, patching, and replication
- Provide performance reviews and configurations for Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL systems as needed
- Develop and maintain documentation for performance standards, baselines, and tuning methodologies
- Participate in capacity planning, workload forecasting, and resource utilization reviews
- Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies are performance-optimized and cost-effective
- Manage multiple concurrent projects and tune databases supporting several enterprise products
- Monitor and support data pipelines built in Airflow and dbt
- Work on AWS to implement monitoring and error handling on ETL/ELT tools such as Glue and DMS
- Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize in a fast paced, multi-database environment
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- • 5–7 years of experience as a DBA with a strong emphasis on SQL Server performance tuning and optimization
- • Expertise in query tuning, indexing strategies, query store analysis, execution plan interpretation, and hardware resource analysis
- • Familiarity with dynamic management views (DMVs), SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and Query Store
- • 2+ years of experience with Snowflake and dbt for data warehousing
- • 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (S3, Glue, DMS, Lambda, Redshift, etc.)
- • Solid understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines and data orchestration with strong focus on Airflow
- • Strong background in T-SQL and scripting for automation (e.g., PowerShell or Python)
- • Experience with HA/DR design (Always On, log shipping, clustering) and its impact on performance
- • Ability to translate performance insights into actionable recommendations for developers and infrastructure teams
- • Ability to leverage AI for DBA tasks as well as implementing AI to improve current processes
- • Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize in a fast paced, multi-database environment
- • May require periodic after-hours or weekend support during performance testing or maintenance windows
- • Experience with CI/CD pipelines for data Engineering Workflows
- • Experience with cloud-based databases (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, or Google Cloud SQL)
- • Working knowledge of Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL administration and performance troubleshooting a plus
- • Well versed with database monitoring and analytics tools such as SolarWinds DPA, Redgate SQL Monitor, or SentryOne
- Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate or SQL Server Performance Tuning Specialist
- • Participation in performance benchmarking and scalability testing of enterprise applications
- • Experience with CI/CD pipelines for data Engineering workflows
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