IT-Data Base Admin 2

Quadax, Inc.•Middleburg Heights, OH

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The SQL Database Administrator 2 serves as a technical resource and owner for Quadax’s Microsoft SQL Server platforms and related data services. The role is responsible for the design, administration, security, performance, availability, and recoverability of database environments supporting mission-critical healthcare revenue cycle management applications and third-party vendor solutions. As part of Infrastructure & Technology Operations (ITO), this position partners with Application Development, DevOps, Security, and business stakeholders to deliver highly available, secure, scalable, and well-governed database services. The administrator is the primary escalation point for complex database issues, leads database modernization initiatives, and drives continuous improvement through automation, standardization, and operational excellence. Work must follow established IT governance, security, compliance, and change management policies. The role is hybrid, with two days in the office and three days remote. It supports critical production systems as needed after hours and participates, as needed, in monthly maintenance windows on the third Sunday of each month.

Requirements

5–7+ years of Microsoft SQL Server administration experience in enterprise production environments.
5–7+ years of experience supporting highly available SQL Server environments.
Experience supporting 24x7 business-critical database platforms.
Experience with SQL Server 2019 and 2025.
Experience with Windows/SQL Server Failover Clustering, SQL Server backup and recovery, performance monitoring and optimization, and SQL Server security administration.
Experience with PowerShell scripting and administrative automation.
Strong understanding of Windows Server administration, enterprise storage systems, VMware virtualization, networking fundamentals, and disaster recovery planning.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, written, and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or equivalent experience; listed as preferred.
Experience with Azure SQL Database, Azure Managed Instance, Azure Storage, and hybrid cloud architectures.
Experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms such as Veeam.
Experience with Pure Storage or other enterprise storage architectures.
Familiarity with monitoring platforms such as Dynatrace.
Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Database Administrator Associate, or related certifications.

Responsibilities

Administer, configure, maintain, patch, upgrade, and manage the lifecycle of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
Design, implement, and support high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including Windows and SQL Server Failover Clustering, replication, and backup and recovery architectures.
Enforce SQL Server standards, operating procedures, and platform governance; evaluate emerging SQL Server and Azure database technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
Participate in infrastructure modernization, migrations, server consolidations, and cloud integration projects.
Identify and implement performance-tuning and optimization opportunities across databases, queries, storage, memory, and compute resources.
Analyze execution plans, indexing, blocking, deadlocks, waits, and resource consumption to find and resolve bottlenecks.
Develop capacity-planning processes and forecast database growth and infrastructure needs; monitor key performance indicators and provide recommendations to leadership.
Manage the SQL landscape in Azure as an extension of on-premises infrastructure.
Own and maintain database recovery strategies, documentation, testing procedures, and operational runbooks.
Conduct recovery and disaster-recovery exercises; ensure environments meet defined Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs).
Participate in incident response and lead database recovery efforts during major outages.
Collaborate with application development teams on database design, schema optimization, indexing, stored procedures, triggers, and query development.
Provide technical guidance on SQL Server technologies and participate in application architecture reviews focused on scalability, performance, security, and supportability.
Administer database security, including authentication, authorization, encryption, auditing, certificates, service accounts, and Kerberos delegation.
Support security reviews, vulnerability remediation, compliance audits, and risk assessments; maintain least-privilege access and database security standards.
Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts and automation to reduce manual effort and operational risk.
Maintain documentation, standards, procedures, recovery runbooks, and knowledge base articles; improve database administration processes and operational efficiency.
Establish monitoring standards, alert thresholds, and operational health metrics.
Provide after-hours support for critical production systems as needed and lead technical response during major database incidents.
Support business-critical systems in a 24x7 production environment and participate, as needed, in monthly maintenance windows on the third Sunday of each month.
Serve as the technical owner of Quadax’s SQL Server platform and proactively address performance, capacity, availability, and security risks.