Overview
Job Details
Our client, a leader in the travel & hospitality industry, is seeking an intermediate Database Administrator skilled across both Microsoft SQL and MySQL to provide hands-on support for their growing data environment. This is a production-facing role focused on ensuring database performance, availability, and security across mission-critical systems.
Note this role can support remote, but candidate location preferences are ranked as follows:
- Local to the Phoenix valley and able to occassionally come into office
- Full remote in MST timezone
- Full remote anywhere in the United States
Responsibilities
Support daily DBA operations including monitoring, backups, restores, and troubleshooting.
Manage and maintain SQL Server and MySQL environments, ensuring uptime and reliability.
Implement and support HA/DR solutions (clustering, Always On, replication, log shipping).
Apply and maintain encryption standards (TDE on SQL Server, table-level encryption on MySQL).
Handle transactional jobs, service tickets, and change requests in production.
Partner with developers and application admins to optimize code, queries, and deployments.
Participate in data migrations and assist with warehouse/reporting workloads.
Contribute to database security, compliance, and performance tuning efforts.
Requirements
4+ years of hands-on DBA experience in production environments.
Strong expertise in SQL Server (2016–2019+) and MySQL administration.
Experience with HA/DR: clustering, replication, log shipping, Always On.
Proficiency with encryption (TDE, Always Encrypted, table-level).
Solid background in backups, recovery strategies, and monitoring tools.
Strong query tuning and optimization skills.
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving ability in high-availability environments.
Nice to Have
Exposure to NoSQL technologies (Couchbase preferred).
Familiarity with BI/reporting (SSRS, ETL workflows).
Prior work in travel, hospitality, or consumer-facing industries.
Why Join
Opportunity to step into a high-impact production role supporting critical systems.
Collaborative team environment with seasoned DBAs.
Exposure to a mix of SQL Server, MySQL, and emerging technologies.
Competitive hourly rate and the chance to contribute immediately to a fast-moving business.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan.