SQL Server DBA - Contract - Dallas, TX

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Hospitality
SQL Admin

Job Details

Role: SQL Server DBA
Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: 12+ months Contract
Job Description:
  • SQL Server 2016 2022 administration
  • Query tuning, indexing, and performance optimization
  • Database maintenance (DBCC checks, index rebuilds, shrink/cleanup strategies)
  • Backup/restore + HA/DR
  • SQL Security & Role-Based Access Control
  • Understanding of SQL Agent jobs and ETL schedules
  • Familiarity with integrations:
  • API feeds
  • Scheduled batch imports
  • File-based ingest
  • Sync issues between systems
  • Experience with large transactional databases (retail /hospitality requires heavy item-level transactions
  • Ability to understand and correlate Hospitality + Retail + Multi-Property Ops Context
Desired Skills/ Experience:
  • Retail System-Specific Technical Skills are desired (i.e.. - Understanding of things like):
  • Inventory adjustments
  • Retail/Field-level vs centralized inventory
  • Purchase orders
  • Receiving processes
  • Price books
  • SKU structures
  • Ability to interpret POS (Point-of-Sale) data structures
  • Experience with inventory systems or retail ERP
  • Yellow Dog is a plus (not required if strong SQL + inventory background)
Tools/Technologies:
  • SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
  • SQL Profiler, Extended Events
  • SQL monitoring (RedGate or SolarWinds)
  • Power BI or Tableau (for data quality dashboards)
  • Windows Server & Active Directory basics
  • ETL tools (SSIS likely)
  • Git or version control (light usage for scripts)
  • Yellow Dog APIs / integration layer (desired but not required)
Project Work:
  • Index tuning & rebuilding
  • Migrating SQL instances or consolidating servers
  • Hardening SQL Server security
  • Improving disaster recovery and backup strategy
  • Building monitoring dashboards
  • Working with Yellow Dog vendor support
  • Supporting new store openings or rollouts
  • Helping prepare for PCI or SOX compliance (retail touches payments high compliance needs)
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