{"id":125639,"date":"2026-05-07T02:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhsg.com\/jobs\/job\/pbmad0506026_1778121173-senior-database-administrator-madison-wisconsin\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:19:42","slug":"pbmad0506026_1778121173-senior-database-administrator-madison-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/bhsg.com\/jobs\/job\/pbmad0506026_1778121173-senior-database-administrator-madison-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Database Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><a id=\"myCustomID\" href=\"https:\/\/jobs.beaconhillstaffing.com\/jobs\/job\/PBMAD0506026_1778121173\">To Apply for this Job Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Senior Database Administrator (Microsoft SQL Server &#8211; Primary)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Infrastructure and Operations<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: 3x per week on site in Madison, WI (Wednesdays Mandatory)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary: $120k+\/year<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Purpose<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) serves primarily as a Microsoft SQL Server administrator, with working knowledge and hands-on support capabilities for Oracle database environments. This role provides advanced technical leadership to support business-critical applications through proactive maintenance, automation, performance optimization, and disaster recovery readiness, while protecting data integrity and minimizing operational risk. <\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Core Responsibilities<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operate with a high degree of independence in managing Microsoft SQL Server environments, while sharing collective responsibility for platform health, standards, and outcomes as part of a collaborative DBA team. <\/li>\n<li>Administer, monitor, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments, with working support for Oracle database platforms, to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability. <\/li>\n<li>Perform, automate, and continually improve database maintenance and monitoring activities, including backups, restores, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and health checks. <\/li>\n<li>Diagnose and resolve complex database performance, availability, and data integrity issues, and provide architectural guidance to support long-term scalability and reliability. <\/li>\n<li>Design, implement, and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, including regular testing and validation. <\/li>\n<li>Implement and enforce database security controls and compliance standards in coordination with Security and GRC teams. <\/li>\n<li>Partner with application development, infrastructure, and business teams to support database-dependent systems throughout their lifecycle. <\/li>\n<li>Support database platform lifecycle initiatives, including upgrades, modernization efforts, and decommissioning of legacy systems. <\/li>\n<li>Contribute to operational reporting and metrics, including backup success, restore testing, availability trends, and incident analysis. <\/li>\n<li>Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for mission-critical database systems. <\/li>\n<li>Document standards, procedures, and configurations and support knowledge sharing and peer development within the DBA team.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Behavioral Competencies<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technical\/Professional Expertise<\/strong> &#8211; 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