Senior SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA)

C2C ACCEPTED | LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY | VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIRED

Location: Little Rock, AR — Onsite
Contract: 8+ months, with potential for extension or full-time conversion
Interview: Onsite interview required
Industry: State Government / Public Sector — Finance and Administration
Experience: 4+ years in SQL Server Database Administration and 3+ years in Windows Server Administration

Job Overview

Seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator to manage, maintain, secure, and optimize enterprise SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and Windows Server infrastructure.

This is an onsite opportunity in Little Rock, Arkansas. Candidates must be local, able to interview onsite, and provide a valid driver’s license copy.

Required Qualifications

• SQL Server DBA: 4+ years of database administration experience with SQL Server 2016 or later, including SQL Server 2022 or newer.

• Windows Server Administration: 3+ years of experience managing Windows Servers, EC2 instances, and Windows Failover Clusters.

• Database Administration: Installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, SQL Server Agent jobs, error-log monitoring, and database health checks.

• Performance Tuning: T-SQL development, query optimization, index tuning, Extended Events, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), and SQL Server Profiler.

• High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Always On availability solutions, backup and restore strategies, point-in-time recovery, DR planning, and RPO/RTO requirements.

• Security and Compliance: Database access controls, authentication, auditing, encryption, and secure backup management.

• Storage and Capacity Planning: Database storage management, AWS storage services, and Windows Failover Cluster storage.

• Windows Infrastructure: PowerShell scripting, server roles and features, endpoint protection, application/web/file/FTP server administration, and .NET Framework components.

• Production Support: Troubleshooting high-volume transactional and batch-processing environments, including very large databases (VLDBs).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FAST GenTax or DS-VS application architecture and maintenance.

• Familiarity with security standards such as IRS Publication 1075, FIPS, and personally identifiable information (PII) protection.

• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, AWS high-availability zones, and cloud backup and recovery.

• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, FQDN, SPN, firewalls, SMTP, and proxy troubleshooting.

• Experience supporting web services and enterprise applications.

• Willingness to participate in 24-hour support as required.

• Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills.

Important Candidate Requirements

• C2C candidates are welcome.

• Must be a local candidate able to work onsite in Little Rock, Arkansas.

• Valid driver’s license copy is required.

• Must be available for an onsite interview.

• Candidates must meet the required SQL Server and Windows Server experience criteria.

Interested candidates: Please share an updated resume and your availability for an initial discussion.