Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

Since our beginnings in 2004, WebstaurantStore has succeeded in creating and fostering an innovative, easy-to-use website to meet the purchasing needs of food service professionals internationally. Developers, programmers, content writers, technical support staff, purchasers, and warehouse employees work together to ensure we provide the best in price, service, and industry knowledge to our customers.

The Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) is responsible for monitoring, performance, documentation, and scale of the database infrastructure at WebstaurantStore. The Sr. DBA will lead the Database Administration team from a technical standpoint, training the Jr. DBAs and developers as well as heading design and implementation decisions. A successful Sr. DBA will be able to provide tools to the team (other DBAs) as well as customers (development teams) to monitor multiple database platforms, ensure uptime and reliability of the databases, and provide support in case of emergencies. The Sr. DBA will be expected to have strong working relationships with other departments within the company throughout the development process and application lifecycle of both internally developed and vendor supported applications.

* Ensure database availability and performance * Triage and remedy database issues * Provide plans for growth and expansion * Help develop database solutions for new projects * Optimize and refactor existing structure to meet performance objectives * Provide technical leadership to the Jr. DBAs

* Have 5+ years’ experience administrating or developing against SQL servers * Understand relational database theory and implementations * Enjoy trying new technologies and techniques * Have experience with high availability and disaster recovery techniques * Have working knowledge of one or more current programming languages