Senior SQL DBA

<p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words" style="padding-left: 40px;">Q - What did the DBA say to the Developer?<br>A - It doesn't matter, he wasn't listening anyway<br>Q - What did the Developer say to the DBA?<br>A - It doesn't matter, the answer is "No".</p> <p>Enough with the humor! Let's get to the point.&nbsp;</p> <p>DistantJob is hiring a <strong>Senior SQL DBA</strong> for one of our clients, a growing US-based SaaS company serving 150+ enterprise clients on a highly customized, multi-tenant platform.</p> <p>This isn't a "big data" role — the databases themselves are modest in size. The real challenge is complexity: each client runs on their own database instance, and while most of the schema and logic is standardized, a meaningful portion is customized per client. That means no two performance issues look exactly alike, and a one-size-fits-all runbook doesn't cut it here.</p> <p><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as the primary point of contact for critical database issues during US business hours, diagnosing and resolving performance, reliability, and availability problems</li> <li>Partner with developers to design, review, and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and database logic — and coach the team on performance best practices</li> <li>Proactively monitor database health across client environments, building alerting thresholds, runbooks, and dashboards to catch risks before they become incidents</li> <li>Own the database side of test-environment readiness — syncing test databases, validating configuration, and building automation to reduce manual setup work</li> <li>Review and approve database-related pull requests, maintaining coding standards and evaluating changes for performance, risk, and backward compatibility</li> <li>Perform routine database maintenance (backups, patching, capacity planning) during business hours to avoid production disruption</li> <li>Document recurring issues, resolutions, and operational procedures for the team</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we're looking for:</strong></p> <ul> <li>7+ years of experience as a DBA, with real production support experience — not purely development-side database work</li> <li>Strong SQL Server / T-SQL skills, including query optimization and execution plan analysis</li> <li>Comfort working across highly customized, multi-instance environments rather than a single standardized database</li> <li>Genuine interest in both reactive incident response and proactive, collaborative dev support — this role is a mix of both, and that balance is expected to shift over time as processes mature</li> <li>Azure and .NET/ORM familiarity a plus</li> </ul> <p><strong>Schedule:</strong> Primarily CST hours (EST also considered) — this role exists specifically to extend coverage into the US afternoon.</p> <p><strong>Why this role:</strong> You'll join a team that's intentional about long-term growth for this position — not just filling a support ticket queue, but building someone into a trusted, embedded part of the development process.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you meet these qualifications and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic team, we encourage you to apply!</p>