What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Administrator - Microsoft SQL Server position at MEYER DISTRIBUTING INC?
Description
Meyer Distributing is looking for a Database Administrator to join our Indianapolis, IN team - we are hiring immediately! Meyer Distributing is a leader in automotive specialty products marketing and warehouse distribution. We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to own the reliability, performance, and security of our Microsoft SQL Server environment. This role focuses on database operations: availability, monitoring, backups, access controls, maintenance, and production support.
Education/Certification(s):
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information technology or a related field
Requirements for Database Administrator:
- 5 years of hands-on SQL Server administration experience in production environments.
- Strong knowledge of backup/restore, recovery models, and operational monitoring.
- Experience with performance diagnostics (wait stats, indexing strategy, query plan analysis).
- Understanding of Windows Server and infrastructure fundamentals as they relate to SQL Server.
- Strong security mindset and experience managing permissions, auditing, and secure configuration. y to design and implement database solutions that support business intelligence, reporting and data analytics
Preferred Qualifications for Database Administrator:
- Experience supporting on-prem enterprise environments and coordinating with network/infrastructure teams.
- Experience with SQL Server Agent jobs, maintenance automation, and scripting (PowerShell or T-SQL).
- Experience supporting reporting workloads and mixed OLTP/reporting systems.
Benefits for Database Administrator:
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401K with Company Match
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal Days Available
- 20% Employee Discount
- Casual Dress Code
- Health Savings Account
- Tuition Reimbursement Options Available
Database Administrator duties include but are not limited to:
- Design and execute backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies; regularly test restore procedures.
- Implement and maintain high availability and performance practices (maintenance plans, indexing health, capacity planning).
- Monitor and tune server and database performance; identify bottlenecks and propose remediation.
- Manage security and access controls: roles, permissions, auditing, and least-privilege policies.
- Support production incidents involving database performance, availability, or data integrity; perform root-cause analysis.
- Partner with developers on database change management, deployment practices, and environment consistency.
- Document standards and runbooks for ongoing operations and incident response.