[Remote] SQL Database Administrator
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CloudIQ Technologies provides cloud management, infrastructure migration, application modernization, and data analytics engineering services. The company is seeking a mid-level SQL Server Database Administrator to develop and deploy T-SQL, administer and optimize Microsoft SQL Server databases, support production environments, and manage performance, security, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Responsibilities
- Personally write, test, and deploy new T-SQL — stored procedures, functions, views, and complex queries — based on business and application requirements. This is not a diagnose-and-recommend function; you implement the changes yourself
- Design and maintain SQL Server databases, tables, indexes, and other objects
- Review and optimize existing T-SQL code for performance and maintainability
- Collaborate with developers to ensure efficient schema design and data access patterns
- Install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server instances
- Manage database security, users, roles, and permissions following least-privilege principles
- Implement, monitor, and test backup and recovery strategies
- Perform regular database maintenance (index maintenance, statistics updates, integrity checks)
- Monitor database performance and resolve bottlenecks related to queries, indexes, blocking, and resource usage
- Analyze execution plans and make recommendations for tuning — and implement the resulting query/index/procedure changes directly
- Troubleshoot database-related incidents and provide root cause analysis
- Assist in implementing and supporting HA/DR solutions (e.g., Always On Availability Groups, Log Shipping, Clustering)
- Help ensure databases meet security, compliance, and audit requirements
- Participate in planning and testing of disaster recovery scenarios
- Use monitoring tools to proactively identify and address issues
- Provide production support, including participation in an on-call rotation as needed
- Create and maintain documentation for configurations, processes, and standards
- Work with cross-functional teams (Developers, DevOps, Infrastructure, BI) to support projects and deployments
- Contribute to automation efforts (scripts, PowerShell, deployment processes) to reduce manual work
- Help define and enforce database best practices and coding standards
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a team and stakeholders and leaders
- Clear verbal and written communication
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and handling multiple priorities
- • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience
- • Approximately 3–5 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in a production environment, including direct, recent experience writing and deploying T-SQL stored procedures, functions, and views , index optimization — not solely diagnosing or recommending changes for others to implement
- • Strong skills in writing and optimizing T-SQL (stored procedures, functions, views, complex queries), database design/indexing/normalization, and backup/restore & core HA/DR concepts
- • Experience with SQL Server tools (SSMS, Extended Events/Profiler, Performance Monitor, etc.)
- • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve database performance and availability issues
- • Experience with cloud database platforms (e.g., Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, AWS RDS for SQL Server)
- • Exposure to SSIS, SSRS, or SSAS
- • Scripting/automation experience (e.g., PowerShell, Python, or similar)
- • Familiarity with version control and database deployment via CI/CD pipelines
- • Microsoft SQL Server or Azure database-related certifications are a plus
Benefits
- Hybrid role
- Participation in an on-call rotation as needed
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