[Hiring] Database Administrator @BHG Financial

Role Description

Are you ready to join a growing team that puts a premium on productivity and has an award-winning culture centered around transforming talented employees into effective business leaders? Then BHG Financial is the place for you.

You are a motivated Database Administration professional who is passionate about ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performing database environments across cloud and on-premises platforms. You excel at database performance optimization, troubleshooting, and operational excellence, and have extensive experience administering SQL Server and MongoDB databases, implementing high-availability solutions, and supporting complex database infrastructures. You are a detail-oriented, analytical, and proactive problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment where you can drive database stability, strengthen security and compliance, and continuously improve system performance through automation and innovation.

What You'll Do

• Administer and optimize SQL Server instances across on-premises and Azure environments (SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance); perform capacity planning, performance tuning, index optimization, and query analysis.
• Manage MongoDB Atlas clusters and implement security policies, backup and recovery, replication strategies, and performance optimization for document-based workloads.
• Design and implement high-availability and disaster recovery solutions using Azure SQL Failover Groups, Distributed Availability Groups, and cross-platform replication.
• Lead database security initiatives: enforce RBAC, encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging, and compliance with financial services regulations.
• Automate operational tasks through T-SQL scripting, PowerShell.
• Manage monitoring and alerting infrastructure; analyze performance metrics and proactively identify optimization opportunities.
• Support backup/restore operations, and database migration projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on SQL Server database administration experience; 3+ years with Mongo databases.
• Proficiency in Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance administration and optimization.
• Strong MongoDB Atlas expertise: cluster administration, backups, query optimization, security configuration, and operational best practices.
• Ability to leverage the Atlas CLI to deploy and modify clusters programmatically; profiling slow queries, building efficient indexing strategies, and restructuring document schemas.
• Advanced T-SQL skills: stored procedures, triggers, query optimization, index tuning, and performance analysis.
• Experience with high-availability solutions: Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, or equivalent cloud-native alternatives.
• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for database automation and infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of database security: column-level encryption, row-level security (RLS), transparent data encryption (TDE), and audit frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with database backup and recovery strategies, including BACPAC and bulk export/import operations.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex database performance issues and implement optimization strategies.

Requirements

• Travel requirement: All roles require travel during the first 6 months of employment to attend the BHG Oars in Experience. After the initial 6 months, ongoing travel is expected at approximately ~5% annually for periodic team on-sites, team meetings, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Work Authorization: This role is not eligible for employer-provided immigration sponsorship. To be considered, applicants must already possess valid U.S. work authorization that will not require sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other cloud database platforms: Azure Databricks.
• Proficiency with database monitoring tools: Redgate, Fog light, Azure Monitor, or similar platforms.
• Experience with SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) or similar ETL tools.
• Knowledge of financial services compliance requirements (SOX, PCI, GDPR).
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified Data Administrator (AZ-104), Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300), or MongoDB Certified DBA.

Benefits

• Medical/Rx/Dental/Vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members.
• Competitive PTO and vacation policies.
• 1 Friday off each month for Wellness Weekends.
• Company 401(k) plan with employer contributions after one year.
• Company-sponsored training and certification opportunities.
• Quarterly award ceremonies where top achievers are celebrated and receive additional bonuses.
• Ongoing volunteer opportunities to give back to the community through our BHG Cares program.