Job Title: Database Administrator (DBA)

Location: 100% Remote (Must be located within the United States)

Citizenship Requirements: U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder/Permanent Resident (We cannot sponsor H1B visas for this role upon conversion to permanent status)

Compensation: $50/hour during the contract phase, $100,000 annually upon conversion to permanent

Company: Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert has partnered with a rapidly expanding mid-sized software and services company on the East Coast.

Job Type: Contract-to-Hire

Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) with strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Managed Instance (MI) for a contract-to-hire opportunity. This role is essential in maintaining the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our data infrastructure. The selected candidate will initially join on a contract basis, with the opportunity to convert to a full-time role based on team fit and job performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server databases hosted on Azure SQL Managed Instances.
• Perform routine maintenance, including backups, patching, integrity checks, and disaster recovery.
• Monitor database health using built-in tools and third-party performance monitoring solutions.
• Apply performance tuning techniques to optimize indexes, queries, and configurations.
• Implement and enforce database security standards, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and auditing.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, industry regulations, and data governance best practices.
• Design, develop, and maintain T-SQL stored procedures, functions, views, and scripts.
• Participate in peer code reviews to maintain code quality, consistency, and performance.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize data access patterns and design scalable database objects.
• Support developers in writing efficient queries and troubleshooting performance issues.
• Knowledge of Entity Framework is a plus, especially in bridging application logic with SQL performance considerations.
• Support data pipelines and ETL workflows that interface with Azure Data Lake and Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Contribute to architectural decisions regarding data warehousing and analytics integrations.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a DBA with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Expertise in writing and optimizing T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, and queries.
• Solid understanding of indexing strategies, execution plans, and locking mechanisms.
• Experience in backup/restore strategies, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Lake Storage Gen2, or other cloud data platform components.
• Understanding of data security best practices in cloud-based environments.
• Exposure to data modeling and BI/reporting tools.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Detail-oriented, with a proactive and ownership-driven mindset.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects concurrently.

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