SQL Database Administrator

As a Database Administrator (DBA) youll be at the heart of it all: supporting both production and development database environments to ensure performance availability reliability and security. Youll work closely with our Development QA and Engineering teams to ensure smooth releases optimize performance and keep our systems running efficiently.

This is a collaborative role where youll not only take ownership of your assigned product lines but also contribute to knowledge-sharing across the broader DBA team. Youll become a trusted expert and a key part of a high-performing data operations team.

What Youll Be Doing: 

• Take full ownership of DBA tasks for specific Daxko product lines
• Monitor tune and maintain production and development SQL Server environments
• Manage database user access roles and permissions
• Design and optimize schemas indexes and other database objects
• Oversee backup and recovery processes to ensure business continuity
• Collaborate with Engineering and QA teams to support smooth and performant product releases
• Import/export data across systems as needed to support business operations
• Troubleshoot customer-related database issues in partnership with Technical Services
• Participate in database maintenance activities and on-call rotations
• Configure and maintain failover clustering and high availability setups
• Support server upgrades migrations and security patches
• Proactively contribute to team knowledge sharing and cross-product learning
• Provide input and support for incident resolution and post-mortems when database-related issues occur

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server including installation configuration maintenance and patching across multiple environments
• Deep understanding of SQL Server internalsincluding indexing statistics tempdb behavior and transaction log management
• Skilled in analyzing and optimizing complex SQL queries using execution plans Query Store and SQL Profiler to improve performance and scalability
• Experience managing SQL Server in cloud environments particularly SQL Azure AWS RDS for SQL Server or hybrid cloud/on-prem setups
• Proficient in working with 23 relational database technologies (e.g. SQL Server MySQL AWS Aurora) with a primary focus on SQL Server
• Available for on-call rotations including occasional nights and weekends for high-priority database incidents or maintenance
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional team-oriented environments supporting application developers DevOps and infrastructure teams
• Highly self-directed with strong initiative to own and drive SQL Server-related projects (e.g. migrations upgrades disaster recovery planning)
• Excellent attention to detail when performing database changes deployments or writing T-SQL scripts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to document procedures and communicate database issues to technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional growth in SQL Server and emerging cloud-based database solutions

Required Education and Experience:

• 35 years of hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA including experience with MySQL and/or AWS Aurora as secondary technologies
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Education and Experience:

• 5 years of experience working specifically with SQL Server in enterprise-scale environments
• 67 years of experience in database administration across multiple RDBMS platforms with advanced troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
• Proven ability to support multiple applications and database environments simultaneously often involving diverse technologies and user needs

Additional Information :

The salary range for this role is $81600 - $126600 per year. Where you fall within the compensation range is based on how you demonstrate the attributes and competencies required for the role. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. In addition to base salary we offer a comprehensive benefits package performance-based incentives and opportunities for growth.

#LI-Remote

Daxko is dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. We are committed to diversity in the broadest sense including thought and perspective age ability nationality ethnicity orientation and gender. The skills perspectives ideas and experiences of all of our team members contribute to the vitality and success of our purpose and values.

We truly care for our team members and this is reflected through our offices and benefits and great perks. These perks are only for our full-time team members. Some of our favorites include:

  Flexible paid time off 
Affordable health dental and vision insurance options
  Monthly fitness reimbursement
  401(k) matching
  New-Parent Paid Leave
  Casual work environments
  Remote work

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time