Database Admin

Danta Technologies

$80K — $95K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration
  • Strong knowledge of SQL Server 2016-2025 administration and operations
  • Technical expertise in performance tuning and high availability systems
  • Familiarity with Azure SQL services and hybrid cloud environments preferred
  • Experience with Oracle database administration is a plus
  • Proficient in security administration and audit compliance
  • Strong troubleshooting skills in database systems and access management

Responsibilities

  • Administer and manage Microsoft SQL Server databases across multiple environments
  • Perform backup, restore, and recovery operations effectively and efficiently
  • Resolve security issues by managing logins, roles, and user permissions
  • Enhance database performance through query tuning and optimization techniques
  • Implement high availability and disaster recovery plans, including Always On configurations
  • Conduct database migrations to newer SQL Server versions and maintain database health
  • Process support tickets and respond promptly to incident reports

Benefits

  • Competitive pay structure for W2 employees
  • Healthcare insurance options including Dental, Medical, and Vision
  • Major holidays off with paid sick leave according to state law
  • Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly evolving technology landscape
Full Job Description
Position - Database Admin

Location - Wichita KS

Microsoft SQL Server (Required) Administration & Operations

SQL Server 2016 through SQL Server 2025 administration

Backup, restore, recovery, and database refreshes between environments

Security administration (logins, users, roles, AD group integration)

Database access troubleshooting and permissions management

SQL Agent job troubleshooting and maintenance

Support ticket processing and incident response

Performance & Availability SQL performance tuning (query tuning, index optimization, execution plan analysis)

Windows Failover Clustering and SQL Server clustered instances

Always On Availability Groups

High availability and disaster recovery planning/testing

Storage and capacity management

Maintenance & Upgrades

SQL Server migration projects to newer versions

Migration planning and execution

Database consistency checks and maintenance plans

Monitoring and alerting tools experience

Security & Audit Database auditing and compliance reporting

Service account and AD group troubleshooting

Least privilege access model implementation

Azure & Cloud (Preferred) Basic Microsoft Azure administration experience

Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance familiarity

Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Instance familiarity

Azure Storage Accounts, Blob Storage, and backup/recovery concepts

Azure Virtual Machines hosting SQL Server workloads

Azure networking awareness (Private Endpoints, VNets, Firewalls)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Arc awareness

Azure identity and access management awareness (Entra ID/Azure AD integration)

Experience supporting hybrid SQL environments (on premises and Azure)

Oracle (Preferred / Backup Support as needed) Administration

Oracle 9i Data Guard, 10g, 11g on AIX

Oracle 12c/19c multitenant architecture (CDB/PDB) on RHEL

User account management, password resets, account unlocks

Backup/recovery using RMAN

Database cloning and refreshes

Data Guard monitoring and standby synchronization

Platform Support

General PostgreSQL knowledge, ability to learn on the fly about options available as we onboard new solutions utilizing the tool

Oracle on AIX

Oracle on RHEL/Linux

Listener, TNS, and connectivity troubleshooting

Benefits: Danta offers a compensation package to all W2 employees that are competitive in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, the option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision), Major holidays and Paid sick leave as per state law.

The rate/ Salary range is dependent on numerous factors including Qualification, Experience and Location.

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