SQL server DBA

Role: SQL server DBA

Location: Plano, TX- Only Local candidate

Employment Type: Contract

Role Description:

Job Summary:

Industry: Banking / Financial Services

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced SQL Server DBA to support a mission-critical banking/financial services environment. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with SQL Server database administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and database security. Experience working in regulated BFSI environments is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases across development, QA, UAT, and production environments.
• Perform database administration, monitoring, maintenance, backup, and recovery activities.
• Design, implement, and support High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions using Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, log shipping, and replication.
• Monitor SQL Server performance and proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Perform query optimization, indexing, execution plan analysis, and database tuning .
• Manage database backups, restores, recovery models, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Troubleshoot database connectivity, blocking, deadlocks, locking, and transaction-related issues.
• Develop and maintain T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, jobs, and maintenance scripts .
• Manage SQL Server Agent jobs, alerts, operators, and scheduled maintenance activities.
• Implement database security, including logins, users, roles, permissions, encryption, and auditing.
• Support database vulnerability remediation, security patching, and compliance requirements.
• Work closely with application, infrastructure, development, and security teams to resolve production issues.
• Participate in 24x7 production support, on-call rotations, and incident management as required.
• Assist with database migrations, upgrades, consolidations, and cloud/database modernization initiatives.
• Maintain documentation for database architecture, operational procedures, backup/restore strategies, and DR plans.
• Follow BFSI-specific security, audit, risk, and regulatory requirements.

Required Skills

• Strong experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator .
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022 .
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL, stored procedures, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning .
• Experience with Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, and HA/DR .
• Strong knowledge of backup, restore, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Experience with SQL Server security, permissions, encryption, auditing, and compliance.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support experience.
• Experience with SQL Server Agent, SSIS, monitoring, and automation.
• Knowledge of Windows Server and PowerShell scripting.
• Experience with database migration and upgrade projects.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred / BFSI Experience

• Previous experience supporting banking, financial services, insurance, payments, lending, or capital markets applications.
• Understanding of PCI DSS, SOX, GLBA, SOC 2 , or similar regulatory/compliance frameworks.
• Experience supporting high-volume, high-availability financial applications.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes, change management, incident management, and production support.
• Experience working in environments with strict data security, audit, and access-control requirements .
• Exposure to Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instance, or other cloud database platforms is a plus.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.