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BHG Financial · 14 hours ago

Senior Database Administrator

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

BHG Financial is a leader in the financial services space dedicated to helping accomplished professionals and businesses through innovative solutions. They are seeking a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator to manage, optimize, and secure mission-critical SQL Server environments, ensuring high availability and performance of databases.

FinanceFinancial ServicesRisk Management

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and administer Microsoft SQL Server environments (on-premises and/or cloud)

Experience with On Prem SQL, Azure SQL and Managed Instance

Strong experience work with large Terabyte databases

Develop, optimize, and maintain complex T-SQL code including stored procedures, functions, views, triggers, and indexes

Perform advanced query tuning and execution plan analysis to improve performance

Monitor database health, capacity, and performance using native and third-party tools

Implement and manage High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions (Always On)

Expert level setup and administration of SQL clusters and always on Availability Groups

Manage and implement Change Data Capture

Manage backup, restore, and recovery strategies; perform regular DR testing

Ensure database security through role-based access, encryption, auditing, and compliance controls

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, root-cause analysis, and performance bottlenecks

Automate administrative tasks using T-SQL, SQL Agent jobs, and PowerShell

Collaborate with developers to enforce database design and coding best practices

Support application releases, schema changes, and data migrations with minimal downtime

Experience working with sensitive data and removing data from lower environments

Strong experience working with Auditing solutions – SQL Audit, Extended Events or custom monitoring accounts and user access

Qualification

SQL Server AdministrationT-SQL DevelopmentPerformance TuningHigh Availability SolutionsDisaster RecoveryAzure SQLBackupRestoreDatabase SecurityTroubleshooting SkillsAnalytical SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

10+ years of hands-on SQL Server DBA experience

Senior-level T-SQL skills (query optimization, indexing strategies, complex joins)

Deep understanding of SQL Server internals (locking, blocking, tempdb, memory, I/O)

Strong experience with performance tuning and monitoring

Experience with SQL Server versions 2016 and above

Solid knowledge of backup/restore, HA/DR, and capacity planning

Experience supporting large, high-transaction databases

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Excellent communication and documentation abilities