[Hiring] Senior Database Administrator - Tier 2 @SQLWatchmen, Inc.

Role Description

Are you ready to take your SQL skills to the next level? Join SQLWatchmen as a Senior Database Administrator - Tier 2 and become a key player in our fully remote team! You'll be at the forefront of supporting customers’ production and dev SQL servers and supporting and guiding Tier 1 DBAs. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on diagnosing technical issues, has a passion for performance tuning, enjoys being part of an on-call rotation, and loves communicating with both the team and customers.

• Proactive Monitoring: Keep an eye on SQL Servers and resolve issues via the ticketing system (CW PSA) before they escalate. Escalate tickets to Tier 3 support when necessary.
• Technical Expertise: Showcase your advanced technical and T-SQL programming skills.
• Performance Tuning: Fine-tune indexes and rework queries for optimal performance.
• HA/DR Strategies: Develop, maintain, and monitor high availability and disaster recovery strategies (Clusters, Mirroring, AlwaysOn, Replication, Log Shipping).
• Security: Ensure data and access to SQL Server are secure.
• SQL Programming: Demonstrate advanced technical and programming skills.
• Replication: Design, implement, and maintain data warehouses/ODS systems using SQL Server Replication, SSIS, SSAS, and T-SQL scripting.
• On-Call Rotation: Participate in the on-call rotation (PagerDuty) for emergency coverage. When on-call, respond to text messages within 1 hour.
• Communication: Keep the team and customers informed about incident progress, changes, and outages.
• PostgreSQL Enthusiasm is a Plus: Have some experience with PostgreSQL and a desire to dive deeper.
• Administrative Tasks: Enter time and expenses in ConnectWise PSA, attend scheduled meetings, and complete training materials in a timely manner.

Qualifications

• A well-rounded, self-motivated MS SQL Server Database Administrator with 10+ years of experience who desires to supercharge their SQL skills and grow to be a top-tier expert in MS SQL Server performance tuning.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to stay focused and productive working in a fully remote environment.
• You desire to work efficiently and in a consistent manner to improve customer satisfaction and attainment of team metrics.
• You enjoy helping PEOPLE improve their SQL servers. We are SQL consultants. If you don’t like talking and helping people, you will not like working here.
• You have a savage curiosity about learning SQL and how it behaves in different environments. If you learn rapidly and eagerly, you will love it here.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage (no dental or vision).
• 401(k) Match: 2% company match.
• Paid Time Off: Nine paid holidays each year and 120 hours of PTO per year.
• Training Opportunities: Extensive MS SQL and PostgreSQL training.
• Challenging Work: Exposure to diverse MS SQL Server environments with opportunities to advance your skillset.