Role Overview
As a SQL Server Database Administrator, you will play a central role in maintaining and advancing a long-standing, mission-critical application built around extensive T-SQL logic. Your expertise will ensure data integrity, system performance, and scalability across a complex database environment. You'll work directly with consultants and stakeholders to interpret business needs and implement robust, efficient database solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Refactor, enhance, and optimize T-SQL components including queries, views, stored procedures, and functions across multiple modules.
- Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks through execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
- Design, build, and deploy SSRS reports that translate complex data into clear, accurate, and visually effective outputs for non-technical users.
- Collaborate with client-facing teams to gather requirements and translate them into scalable database designs and stored logic.
- Manage assigned tickets from triage through resolution, balancing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively.
- Contribute to architectural decisions for new and evolving modules, ensuring alignment with existing patterns and long-term maintainability.
- Document changes and follow disciplined change control processes across development, testing, and production environments.
Required Qualifications
- 7–10+ years of hands-on experience managing SQL Server in production settings, with deep involvement in stored procedure development and maintenance.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and improve query performance in large, intricate databases.
- Full lifecycle experience with SSRS, from query design through report deployment.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven adaptability when working within large, legacy codebases with steep learning curves.
- Ability to work in person at least three days per week in Albuquerque, NM or Richardson, TX.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to .NET or .NET Framework, along with frontend technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or frameworks like Angular.
- Background in financial systems, budgeting platforms, or fund-based accounting models.
- Familiarity with OLAP or multidimensional data structures.
Technology Environment
SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, SSRS, Query Tuning, Indexing, Database Design, .NET, .NET Framework, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, OLAP
Work Environment
This is a hybrid role requiring on-site presence a minimum of three days per week in either Albuquerque, NM or Richardson, TX. While remote work is supported, your primary location will be tied to one of these offices.
Benefits
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) with company match up to 4% and participation in the ESOP
- Professional development funding and tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
Company Culture
We are an employee-owned organization where technical excellence meets real-world impact. Our teams take ownership of challenges, and ideas—no matter their source—shape the solutions we deliver. We value deep expertise, practical experience, and bold thinking when facing complex problems. Work here isn’t just about systems and data—it’s about contributing to projects that make a difference.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All applicant information is handled in accordance with equal employment opportunity regulations and remains strictly confidential.
