# Staff Database Administrator - SQL Server

About the Role: As Staff Database Administrator, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and managing our critical database platforms. You will manage both on-premises and cloud/hybrid deployments (including Azure and AWS), drive high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, and proactively support performance, stability and security in a regulated (HIPAA-equivalent) environment. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: - Design, implement, monitor, and maintain database platforms with a primary focus on Microsoft SQL Server (2016/2019/2022) and Windows Server (2019/2022) environments. - Manage high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions including clustering, Always On Availability Groups, database mirroring, log shipping, replication topologies, fail-over testing, RTO/RPO alignment and patch/update lifecycles. - Campaign for performance excellence: leveraging wait-stats, Query Store, index/plan management, baselining, extended events/trace, and third-party tools such as Redgate SQL Monitor and/or SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer. - Implement and test backup/restore strategies utilizing native and third-party tools and off-site storage (e.g., Azur

- **Id**: 3731692
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ellkay-staff-database-administrator-sql-server>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T08:28:21Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-04T08:28:21Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2843
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Medical AI, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 2197825
- **Name**: ELLKAY
- **Domain**: ellkay.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ellkay>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Azure SQL Database** — Optional: no
- **HIPAA** — Optional: no
- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **MS SQL** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Windows Server** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T08:30:35Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: seen:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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