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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