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15002 – Senior Database Administrator – SQL Server/Azure (onsite, remote option) – Tallahassee, FL

Start Date: ASAP
Type: Temporary Project
Estimated Duration: 12 months with possible extensions
Work Setting: Candidates located within the Tallahassee area are preferred; however, telework may be authorized for highly qualified candidates at the discretion of the Department.
Our client is filling this contract position exclusively through approved staffing partners, so this opportunity is not available by applying directly with the client. If you're interested, we'd be happy to represent you throughout the hiring process.

Required:
• Experience administering enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments, including production and non-production systems of medium to high complexity. (5+ years)
• Experience administering Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server hosted in Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, security administration, monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and high availability.
• Experience with T-SQL, schema and physical database design, indexing, stored procedures, views, functions, execution plans, and query optimization.
• Experience designing and supporting data transformation and integration processes, including ETL/ELT, data mapping, validation, scheduling, and error handling.
• Experience supporting or troubleshooting Windows Services and scheduled processes that interact with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Power BI, or enterprise applications.

Preferred:
• Experience with Azure services that support database, integration, monitoring, security, storage, automation, or data processing workloads.
• Experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and technical requirements with stakeholders.
• Experience supporting regulated or government environments and implementing role-based access, auditing, encryption, least privilege, and data protection practices.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, source control, deployment pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, or other database automation and release-management practices.
• Current Microsoft certifications relevant to Azure database administration, Azure data services, Azure Solutions Architect, or related database technologies or SQL Server.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Administer, maintain, monitor, and support enterprise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Configure and maintain instances, databases, storage, access controls, service accounts, encryption, auditing, database mail, jobs, alerts, and monitoring.
• Plan, implement, test, and document backup, restore, high availability, disaster recovery, database integrity, and continuity procedures.
• Monitor and tune database performance through query analysis, execution plans, indexing, statistics, configuration, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
• Design and maintain logical and physical data models, schemas, data dictionaries, tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and related database objects.
• Design, build, maintain, and troubleshoot data transformation and integration processes, including ETL/ELT workflows, data mapping, validation, scheduling, and error handling.
• Support and troubleshoot Windows Services, scheduled tasks, and application components that depend on database connectivity, data processing, or integration services.

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