SQL DBA AWS Location- Onsite - NYC Fort Mill Austin Sandiego

60/hr on W2

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Job Title- SQL DBA with Hands on AWS

Location- Onsite - NYC, NY / Fort Mill, SC/ Austin, TX/ Sandiego, CA

Long Term Contract

We are urgently looking for a Senior SQL Server DBA + AWS for a US banking customer.

Customer is looking for a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator to lead the design, administration, performance tuning, security, and availability of mission critical Microsoft SQL Server environments across on premises and cloud platforms. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work closely with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of database platforms.

SQL Server Administration

Install, configure, upgrade, patching and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server (2019-2022) in production, non-production, and DR environments

Manage Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances (FCI), Replication, and Log Shipping

Perform capacity planning and proactive performance monitoring.

Work with App/Dev teams to perform code reviews and schema validations. Cloud & Hybrid Database Management

Manage AWS RDS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, DynamoDB on hybrid platforms.

Should have good experience in migration of SQL Server Onprem databases to Cloud RDS/Aurora.

Migration of databases to Aurora Postgres/MySQL and migrating RDBMS/NoSQL databases.

Configure MultiAZ, Read replica instances in cloud.

Should have good understanding and experience in performing AWS DMS, S3/VPC/IAM/Security groups in AWS

Support database migrations using tools like AWS SCT and work with SSMS, SSRS and other SQL tools

Optimize RDS/cloud database cost, performance, and scalability. Performance & Optimization

Analyze and tune query performance, indexes, execution plans, and blocking/deadlock issues

Optimize tempdb, memory, CPU, and I/O configurations

Work with developers to improve SQL code quality and database design Backup, Recovery & DR

Design and manage backup and restore strategies.

Perform recovery in AWS Cloud instances.

Perform regular DR drills and recovery testing

Support RPO/RTO objectives for business-critical systems Automation & Monitoring

Automate routine SQL Installations and DBA tasks using PowerShell, T SQL.

Implement and manage monitoring tools (SSMS, CloudWatch)

Create dashboards, alerts, and runbooks Production Support & Leadership

Provide L3/L4 support for database incidents and outages

Participate in on call rotation for critical systems

Mentor junior DBAs and review operational procedures

Collaborate with infra, cloud, and DevOps teams

Working Place:

San Diego, California, United States

Company :

ESR Healthcare