Database Administrator

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $75.2k - $131.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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Marsh McLennan

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1871

💸 Finance

Finance • Consulting • Insurance

Marsh McLennan is a leading professional services firm that operates in the areas of risk, strategy, and people. With over 85,000 employees worldwide, the company encompasses four main businesses: Marsh, offering insurance broking and risk management; Guy Carpenter, providing reinsurance and capital strategies; Mercer, specializing in health, wealth, and career consulting; and Oliver Wyman, focusing on strategy, economic, and brand consulting. Marsh McLennan is committed to fostering an inclusive culture, empowering its employees, and delivering innovative solutions to clients globally.

📋 Description

• Build, operate, secure, and continuously improve SQL Server database platforms supporting business-critical applications. • Responsible for database reliability, performance, availability, backup/recovery, and security, with a focus on Azure-hosted SQL Server workloads and automation. • Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server platforms across non-production and production environments. • Provision, configure, and manage SQL Server on Azure (primarily Azure IaaS VMs) including storage layout, connectivity, and performance best practices. • Implement and operate High Availability / Disaster Recovery solutions (e.g., Always On Availability Groups, Windows Server Failover Clustering). • Own backup, restore, and recovery strategy and execution, including validation restores and meeting defined RTO/RPO objectives. • Perform performance monitoring and tuning: index and statistics maintenance, wait analysis, query tuning, execution plan review, tempdb configuration, and capacity planning. • Implement database security controls: least-privilege access, role-based permissions, encryption, auditing, and secure credential/secrets management. • Apply and coordinate patching and upgrades for SQL Server and underlying Windows OS; plan and execute version upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime. • Support application releases by coordinating database changes, ensuring deployment readiness, and assisting with troubleshooting and incident response. • Build and maintain automation for operational tasks using PowerShell, T-SQL, and Azure-native capabilities (runbooks/automation as applicable).

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering (or equivalent practical experience). • 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in an enterprise environment. • Strong expertise in T-SQL and SQL Server internals (indexing, statistics, query plans, locking/blocking, waits). • Demonstrated experience implementing and operating Always On Availability Groups and backup/recovery in production. • Hands-on experience running SQL Server on Azure (IaaS VMs), including: Availability patterns (Availability Sets/Zones) and DR planning. • Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting using tools such as SQL Server DMVs, Extended Events, and/or monitoring platforms. • Strong operational discipline (change management, incident management, documentation, and stakeholder communication).

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous time off, including personal and volunteering • Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities • Remote work • Charitable contribution match programs • Stock purchase opportunities