What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Database Administrator (Oracle + Microsoft SQL Server (Azure SQL)) position at Esolvit, Inc.?
Job title: Senior Database Administrator (Oracle Microsoft SQL Server (Azure SQL))
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Duration: 4 Months
Client job number: 529701759
Due date: 08/03/2026
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Fri) required to be onsite at the location listed above. Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius).
Interview type: In-person is mandatory
Job Description:
The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator (Database Administrator III) and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC’s cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics. The DBA III works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle and Azure Microsoft SQL. This role will require converting Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions to Azure SQL.
Required Skill:
10 Years of Database experience
8 Years of Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)
8 Years of Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)
8 Years of Experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning
8 Years of Experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning
8 Years of Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
8 Years of Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
8 Years of Experience within the software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology – (Scrum, for example)
8 Years of Experience with multi-tier system/application development – (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example).
Preferred Skills:
8 Years of Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
6 Years of Experience with Azure
6 Years of Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
3 Years of Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git
3 Years of Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development
1 Year of Azure certification is preferred
1 Year of DBA Associate certifications are preferred
Salary : $80 - $85