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VITAS Healthcare is the nation s leading provider of end-of-life care, bringing comfort, dignity, and compassion to patients and their families for over 40 years. With a strong commitment to clinical excellence and innovative care solutions, VITAS operates across multiple states and employs thousands of dedicated professionals. Our mission-driven culture values teamwork, empathy, and integrity making VITAS not only a trusted name in healthcare, but also a place where professionals can thrive and make a meaningful impact every day. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SQL Server Database Administrator to join our IT team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining stable development, test, reporting, and production database environments, with a focus on performance tuning, disaster recovery, and operational support in a 24/7 environment.
Responsibilities:- Install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server instances (2016 & 2022)
- Implement and monitor standby solutions using log shipping and SQL replication
- Perform daily database administration, capacity planning, performance tuning, and backup/recovery strategy implementation
- Assist with SQL Server clustering and replication
- Develop and maintain stored procedures, triggers, functions, and SQL scripts
- Analyze and optimize SQL transactions, indices, and statistics
- Create and maintain SSIS/DTS packages for ETL operations
- Provide on-call support for database systems and ensure high availability in a production environment
- Collaborate with developers to write and optimize efficient SQL queries
- Prepare and execute disaster recovery plans, coordinating with the DR team
- Support reporting needs through SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
- 5-10+ years of SQL Server DBA experience, expert level
- Highly proficient in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 & 2022 administration and operations
- Experience with SQL scripting, stored procedures, triggers, functions, and transaction analysis
- Thorough understanding of indices and statistics
- Experience with Microsoft replication is required
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server clustering is a big plus
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 & 2022 Reporting Services
- Strong optimization, database sizing, capacity planning, backup & recovery skills
- Experience with SQL tuning and performance monitoring
- Able to create and maintain DTS & SSIS packages for transforming data from various other sources to SQL
- Working knowledge of Windows Server operating systems, network connectivity, and interoperability in multi-platform environments
- Proven production support background of application databases in a 24x7 environment
- Verbal and written communication, time management, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills required
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field from an accredited institution required
Must Haves:
(In order to be considered a High Value Candidate, you Must meet these Criteria's)
- Tech Skills:
- 8 - 10+ years in SQL Server DBA experience, expert level
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016 & 2022 administration and operations (Experience with SQL scripting, stored procedures, triggers, functions, and transaction analysis)
- Location:
- Must be local to the Miramar, FL area - LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
- Type:
- Full-time Permanent Direct Hire (W2)
- Hybrid (On-Site Mon through Thurs / Remote on Fridays)
- Sponsorship/Visas:
- No visa, OPT, Transfers or sponsorships available at this time
- Salary Range:
- $85,000 - $95,000 annually (based on experience)
- No Bonus
At this time, we are only able to consider candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship needs, and candidates MUST be local to the Miramar, FL area (Including Tri-Country Area). Relocation assistance is not available.*