SQL Database Administrator - SQL DBA
Job Description
Job Description
SQL DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR (SQL DBA)
$100,000–$110,000 + Bonus Potential | Hybrid | Charlotte, NC
Your SQL expertise deserves to make an impact.
Looking for a role where you can solve challenging database problems, improve performance, collaborate directly with developers, and actually see the difference your work makes?
Meet Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH).
A Charlotte Magazine top workplace for three consecutive years (2024–2026)!
At RCH, we use innovative technology to help millions of Americans preserve their retirement savings. We’re a collaborative team that values fresh ideas, technical excellence, work-life balance, and people who take pride in what they do.
As a SQL Database Administrator, you’ll play an important role in keeping our business-critical databases performing at their best. You’ll have opportunities to troubleshoot complex issues, tune queries, improve reliability, and work closely with our application support and development teams. As a key member of our technical team, you’ll help keep our databases secure, efficient, and dependable while supporting the applications our customers rely on.
What you will do:
Solve real-world technical problems. Respond to technical requests from end users of RCH products and systems, investigate issues, analyze available data, and quickly identify root causes.
Manage SQL Server environments. Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server database environments.
Optimize database performance. Analyze execution plans, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), and other diagnostic tools to identify bottlenecks and improve query performance, scalability, and efficiency.
Protect production performance. Review and tune queries flagged as potentially harmful to production systems, helping maintain stability, availability, and reliability.
Collaborate with developers and application support. Work directly with application support specialists and developers to implement database changes in accordance with company standards and change management policies.
Support quarterly releases. Partner with the application support team to prepare for and execute quarterly application releases.
Support SQL Server upgrades and improvements. Evaluate new SQL Server features, trace flags, and operational changes before database migrations and version upgrades.
Maintain clear technical documentation. Create and update database diagrams, operational procedures, data standards, data definitions, and reports.