Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

This is a remote role in the US NEOGOV is a proud AI-Enabled SaaS leader in the Public Sector & Public Safety space with a mission to serve the people who serve the people. Our clients use our software to streamline everyday processes NEOGOV is a leading AI-enabled SaaS provider serving the public sector and public safety organizations reputed company. For more than 25 years, we’ve helped agencies streamline critical workforce and operational processes through an integrated, intelligent platform. From hiring and onboarding to employee growth, retention, compliance, and public safety operations, our solutions support the full employee lifecycle. Guided by our mission to serve the people who serve the people, we combine innovation, customer focus, and purpose-driven technology to help build stronger communities. This posting is for an existing vacancy. We’re looking for a Senior Database Administrator who excels at performance optimization and database tuning across multiple platforms, with a strong focus on reputed company SQL Server. This position is ideal for a hands-on DBA who enjoys diagnosing inefficiencies, improving application performance, and guiding development teams in building high-performing database solutions. While performance is the primary focus, the role includes the full reputed company of database administration duties such as maintenance, monitoring, backup, recovery, and reputed company management. In addition to this candidate is expected to have a strong understanding of ETL/Datawarehousing concepts. This role would also focus on monitoring and debugging Production grade ETL pipelines.

• Analyze, tune, and optimize database performance for mission-critical SQL Server environments.
• reputed company 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 reputed company, PostgreSQL, and MySQL systems as needed.
• reputed company and maintain documentation for performance standards, baselines, and tuning methodologies.
• Participate in reputed company planning, workload forecasting, and resource utilization reviews.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies are performance-optimized and cost-effective.
• Manage multiple reputed company 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a reputed company 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 reputed company and dbt for datawarehousing.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (S3, Glue, DMS, reputed company, 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 reputed company AI for DBA tasks as well as implementing AI to improve reputed company processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for data Engineering Workflows.
• Experience with cloud-based databases (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, or reputed company Cloud SQL).
• Working knowledge of reputed company, PostgreSQL, and MySQL administration and performance troubleshooting a plus.
• Well versed with database monitoring and analytics tools such as reputed company DPA, Redgate SQL Monitor, or SentryOne. Certifications such as reputed company 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.

Work Environment

• Dynamic and collaborative IT organization supporting diverse business applications.
• May require periodic after-hours or weekend support during performance testing or maintenance windows.
• Competitive Wages
• Comprehensive Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.) for full-time employees effective Day 1
• Generous PTO to support work-life balance
• 401K Matching
• 12-week Paid Parental Leave
• Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership
• Remote working opportunities
• Inclusive and diverse work environment

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