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Do you want to make an impact on the world around you? The work we do at Kyra Solutions directly impacts government entities and the citizens they serve. In Transportation practice, our solutions are designed to save lives on the roadways and in our Regulatory practice, we are designing solutions to make government digital for your accessibility. Kyra works hard to offer long-term growth potential, competitive wages, and continuous professional development for our employees.
Title: Senior Database Administrator (On-site)
Location: Tallahassee, FL 32301 || Duration: Long-Term
Required Skills and Experience
* 5+ years of recent experience administering enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments, including production and non-production systems of medium to high complexity.
* Hands-on experience administering Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server hosted in Microsoft Azure.
* Demonstrated experience with database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, security administration, monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and high availability.
* Strong experience with T-SQL, schema and physical database design, indexing, stored procedures, views, functions, execution plans, and query optimization.
* Experience designing and supporting data transformation and integration processes, including ETL/ELT, data mapping, validation, scheduling, and error handling.
* Experience supporting or troubleshooting Windows Services and scheduled processes that interact with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Power BI, or enterprise applications.
Preferred Skills and Experience
* Experience with Azure services that support database, integration, monitoring, security, storage, automation, or data processing workloads.
* Experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and technical requirements with stakeholders.
* Experience supporting regulated or government environments and implementing role-based access, auditing, encryption, least privilege, and data protection practices.
* Familiarity with Azure DevOps, source control, deployment pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, or other database automation and release-management practices.
Primary Responsibilities
* Administer, maintain, monitor, and support enterprise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases across development, test, staging, and production environments.
* Configure and maintain instances, databases, storage, access controls, service accounts, encryption, auditing, database mail, jobs, alerts, and monitoring.
* Plan, implement, test, and document backup, restore, high availability, disaster recovery, database integrity, and continuity procedures.
* Monitor and tune database performance through query analysis, execution plans, indexing, statistics, configuration, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
* Design and maintain logical and physical data models, schemas, data dictionaries, tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and related database objects.
* Design, build, maintain, and troubleshoot data transformation and integration processes, including ETL/ELT workflows, data mapping, validation, scheduling, and error handling.
* Support and troubleshoot Windows Services, scheduled tasks, and application components that depend on database connectivity, data processing, or integration services.
* Support approved Azure services and hybrid connectivity used by Azure SQL, SQL Server, data integration, monitoring, security, storage, and automation solutions.
* Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and translate business requirements into secure, supportable database and data solutions.
* Perform incident response, root-cause analysis, remediation, change implementation, and knowledge transfer for database-related issues.
* Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
* Attend project and operational meetings, provide regular status updates, and submit weekly project reports and time sheets.
* Coach, mentor, training, and provide knowledge transfer to client staff and project teams.
* Manage, monitor, maintain, and support enterprise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases in production and non-production environments.
* Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and administer database platforms, instances, databases, storage, access, and security in accordance with client standards.
* Perform performance monitoring and tuning, including query analysis, indexing, execution plan review, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
* Design, implement, test, maintain, backup, restore, high-availability, disaster recovery, and database integrity processes.
* Develop and maintain logical and physical data designs, database schemas, data dictionaries, stored procedures, views, functions, and related database objects.
* Design, develop, support, and troubleshoot data transformation and integration processes using SQL Server, Azure services, ETL/ELT tools, APIs, files, and other approved technologies.
* Support and troubleshoot Windows Services and scheduled processes that interact with databases, integrations, and enterprise applications.
* Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, validate, and translate business requirements into database and data solutions.
* Ensure database availability, performance, security, integrity, accessibility, and compliance with client policies and applicable regulatory standards.
Education
* Bachelors or masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
Certification
* Microsoft certifications relevant to Azure Database Administrator, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or related database technologies (Preferred)
If you are interested in furthering your career with Kyra and help us improve the way governments serve their citizens, please send your resume, and make sure to include salary expectation, availability, and contact information. You do not want to miss this opportunity!
Why Kyra?
Founded in 1997, Kyra Solutions is a national leader of transportation technology and regulatory solutions in government. We specialize in the art and science of digital transformation in government. Our commitment to providing the highest level of service and tailored solutions has supported our consistent double-digit growth for over a decade. We are headquartered in the greater Tampa Bay area with other offices across Florida and an innovation center in Silicon Valley, CA.
Because of our dedication to our employees, we have won one of the Best Companies to Work for in Florida 3 years in a row by Florida Trend magazine. Kyra has won numerous other awards including the coveted INC magazine's recognition as one of America's Fastest Growing Companies several years in a row. Kyra's commitment to our employees, to best practices in project management and business analysis, and to solution development has led to our achievement in becoming the first Project Management Institute certified company in Florida. Our proven successful track record has resulted in several prestigious awards including the State of Florida's Diversity Business of the Year Award. We are proud to be a sponsor for the TaxWatch Productivity Awards and partner to Florida TaxWatch.
Background & References
Verifiable professional references will be required along with the resume; however, references will be checked/contacted after the interview and before the project starts. Level two background check will be done on the selected candidate for employment, criminal (State & Federal), education, and others as mandated by the client. Please make sure your resume and all other information provided are accurate. Any misrepresentation will mean permanent disqualification by the client. Equal employment opportunity employer.
