About OculusIT
At OculusIT, we help colleges and universities use technology to operate with confidence, serve their communities, and build a better future. Our work supports the systems higher education depends on every day — from cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure to ERP, data, and managed services.
We’re looking for people who want their work to matter, who take ownership, solve problems with clarity, and bring a team-first mindset to complex technology environments. If you’re energized by meaningful work, continuous learning, and serving institutions with purpose, you’ll find a strong fit here.
As a global organization, our values guide how we work:
- Trust is Built Through Action — We communicate openly, follow through, and earn trust through reliability.
- We Own What We Do — We take responsibility for outcomes and stay with problems until they’re solved.
- Distill Clarity from Complexity — We make complicated challenges easier to understand, decide, and act on.
- The Power of We — We collaborate across teams, roles, and perspectives to create better solutions.
- Stay Ahead Always — We stay curious, keep learning, and apply new ideas to improve how we serve.
- Work With Empathy — We listen, respect context, and remember there are people behind every system and decision.
If this sounds like the way you want to work, we’d be excited to meet you.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, and optimize MS SQL Server database environments in a 24/7 production setup. The role ensures high availability, performance, security, backup, and disaster recovery across development, staging, and production environments while meeting strict SLA requirements.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Administer and manage multiple MS SQL Server database instances across production, staging, and development environments.
- Monitor database health, performance, and availability in a 24/7 production environment.
- Perform backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery operations.
- Ensure data integrity, consistency, and high availability across systems.
- Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, failures, and incidents.
- Perform query tuning, indexing, and performance optimization.
- Support database installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades.
- Participate in incident management and ensure SLA compliance.
- Conduct root cause analysis for recurring database issues.
- Support ETL processes, data integration, and ERP/BI-related data workflows.
- Assist in data pipeline monitoring and reporting support activities.
Required Skills:
- Experience in MS SQL Server Database Administration.
- Strong expertise in backup, recovery, replication, and performance tuning.
- Experience supporting production databases in SLA-driven environments.
- Good understanding of ETL processes (SSIS or similar tools).
- Working knowledge of Linux/Unix environments.
- Scripting experience in SQL/PL-SQL, Shell scripting, or Python (preferred).
- Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing databases.
- Exposure to data integration, ERP systems, and BI tools (e.g., Power BI).
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Experience in Database Administration (DBA) with a focus on MS SQL Server environments.
- Strong hands-on experience in database backup, recovery, replication, and performance tuning.
- Experience managing databases in production environments with 24/7 availability and SLA requirements.
- Solid understanding of database monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident resolution processes.
