Job Details:
| Job ID: | RFQ OATS 26 27 78 |
| Title: | Database Administrator |
| Duration: | 12+ months (with high possibilities of extension) |
| Client: | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Location: | Tallahassee, Florida 32399 ( ONSITE ) |
Minimum Qualifications
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 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.
Current Microsoft certifications relevant to Azure database administration, Azure data services, or SQL
Server are preferred.
Educational qualifications meeting at least one of the following levels:
Bachelor s or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
Bachelor s or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field; or equivalent work experience.
Current Microsoft certifications relevant to Azure Database Administrator, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or related database technologies are preferred.
