Principal Database Administrator

🕒 October 15

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

📀 Database Administrator

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Founded 1978

⚖️ Legal

💼 Consulting

☁️ SaaS

Legal • Consulting • SaaS

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📋 Description

• Serve as the DBA team's technical authority for SQL Server operations, high availability, disaster recovery, and replication architecture across the Sierra platform • Act as the escalation point for complex or high-severity SQL Server incidents, leading root-cause analysis and remediation • Exercise independent judgment on architectural tradeoffs and proactively identify systemic risk • Design, configure, and maintain SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and Distributed Availability Groups across the Sierra tenant fleet • Own transactional replication and Change Data Capture lifecycle management around client upgrade and go-live events • Serve as the direct technical point of contact with client-side DBA and IT teams on data integration, migration, and cutover activities • Monitor and tune database performance across a multi-tenant environment • Ensure database security, integrity, stability, and system availability • Build and maintain PowerShell and Ansible automation for database maintenance tasks • Create and maintain architecture-level documentation, standards, and procedures • Collaborate on service delivery within a global operations team

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA (2016 or later versions), with demonstrated ownership at a principal or lead level • Deep expertise in SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and Distributed Availability Groups — design, configuration, and troubleshooting • Strong database design and administration skills • Proficient in T-SQL, SSMS, and SQL Server Agent • Proven disaster recovery and backup architecture experience, including recovery-chain integrity across full/differential/log backup strategies • Advanced database troubleshooting, tuning, and performance triage experience • Experience with transactional replication and Change Data Capture (CDC) • Experience with MSSQL on cloud platforms (AWS and Azure preferably) • Experience leveraging PowerShell, and ideally Ansible, for DBA automation at scale • Solid understanding of version control systems (e.g., git) for managing operational scripts • Demonstrated ability to mentor and upskill other engineers • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including direct client/firm-facing technical engagement • Ability to convey technical content clearly to audiences with varying levels of technical depth • Ability to balance multiple deliverables with prioritization and responsiveness in a fast-moving environment • Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services is a plus • Experience with SQL Server Integration Services is a plus • Agile Software Development including Scrum is a plus • Microsoft Certifications (SQL, DBA, etc.) are a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work • Personal growth opportunities • Collaboration and innovation-focused culture

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