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Scottish Rite for Children

Enterprise IT Database Administrator

Scottish Rite for Children Dallas, Texas, United States

Hospitals and Health Care · 1,001-5,000 employees

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dba Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Database Administrator will manage, maintain, and support Microsoft SQL Server environments to ensure high availability and optimal performance. Responsibilities include implementing security protocols, performing database upgrades, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support enterprise applications.

What they look for

Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration Performance Tuning Backup And Recovery High Availability T-SQL Query Optimization Capacity Planning Disaster Recovery Azure SQL MySQL Security Auditing Always On Availability Groups Clustering Replication Log Shipping

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 3–5 years of experience in production enterprise database administration. Proficiency in SQL Server performance tuning, backup strategies, and T-SQL scripting is required, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Full description

Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood!

Job Posting Title:

Enterprise IT Database Administrator

Location:

Dallas - Shared Services

Additional Posting Details:

Monday - Friday

8:00am - 5:00pm

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Administer, maintain, and support Microsoft SQL Server databases across production, test, development, and disaster recovery environments.
  • Monitor database performance and proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve performance bottlenecks, blocking issues, and resource constraints.
  • Design, implement, and maintain database backup, recovery, and high-availability solutions to ensure business continuity and system availability.
  • Perform database installations, upgrades, patches, migrations, and configuration changes in accordance with organizational standards and change management processes.
  • Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures and regularly test backup and recovery processes.
  • Optimize database performance through indexing strategies, query tuning, execution plan analysis, and capacity planning.
  • Implement and maintain database security, including user access management, role-based permissions, encryption, and auditing controls.
  • Monitor database health, storage utilization, and system capacity, and recommend infrastructure improvements as needed.
  • Collaborate with application, integration, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to support enterprise applications and interfaces.
  • Support enterprise applications by ensuring database reliability, availability, and performance.
  • Develop and maintain SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, and automation solutions to improve operational efficiency.
  • Troubleshoot database-related incidents and participate in root cause analysis and problem management activities.
  • Create and maintain database documentation, standards, procedures, and architecture diagrams.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and security standards related to data management and protection.
  • Participate in on-call support and provide after-hours support for critical database issues, upgrades, and maintenance activities.

Required Skills/Abilities

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field required.
  • Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.
  • Microsoft SQL Server or database administration certifications preferred, such as:
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft SQL Server certification or equivalent database-related credential
  • Minimum of 3–5 years of experience administering Microsoft SQL Server databases in a production enterprise environment.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL Server database administration, performance tuning, indexing, backup and recovery, security, and high availability.
  • Experience supporting production, test, development, and disaster recovery database environments.
  • Working knowledge of SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, clustering, replication, log shipping, and other business continuity technologies preferred.
  • Experience with database monitoring, troubleshooting, query optimization, execution plan analysis, and capacity planning.
  • Ability to write, review, and troubleshoot T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, and database jobs.
  • Familiarity with Windows Server, Active Directory, storage, networking, and virtualization concepts as they relate to database systems.
  • Experience with cloud-based database platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure SQL or Azure database services, preferred.
  • Knowledge of data security practices, role-based access controls, encryption, auditing, and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, analytics, and integration teams.
  • Ability to prioritize work, manage multiple tasks, and support critical systems in a fast-paced environment.
  • Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and provide after-hours support for critical incidents, maintenance, upgrades, and deployments.
  • Working knowledge of MySQL Database Administration.

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