Job Overview:
This role is part of the US DBA Team responsible for the administration, support, and optimization of SQL Server, Azure Data Services, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and enterprise data platforms.
ResponsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Perform database administration including installation, configuration, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, SOX compliance, audits, backups, recovery, patching, and upgrades for on-premises and Azure SQL environments
- Manage Development, Test, QA, and Production databases and implement enhancements to meet business needs
- Monitor database health, availability, capacity, reliability, and performance
- Configure and support Always On, clustering, replication, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
- Execute database changes through established change management processes
- Support database schema design, migration, data conversion, and performance optimization
- Collaborate with application teams, vendors, and business users to resolve database-related issues
- Administer and support Microsoft Fabric capacities, workspaces, lakehouses, warehouses, pipelines, and security
- Design, develop, and support data ingestion and ETL/ELT processes using Fabric
- Support Fabric deployments and promotions across environments
- Administer gateways, datasets, workspaces, refresh schedules, and security
- Support enterprise reporting, dashboards, analytics solutions, and data governance
- Support AI initiatives and use modern AI tools for innovation and productivity
- Participate in data modernization, cloud migration, and analytics projects
- Provide after-hours support and maintenance as required
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
- 7+ years of hands-on SQL Server DBA experience supporting production systems
- Experience with SSRS, SSIS, Azure SQL, and Microsoft Fabric
- Experience administering Power BI Service and enterprise reporting platforms
- Strong knowledge of SQL Server performance tuning, HA/DR, Always On, clustering, replication, backup, and recovery
- Experience with schema design, schema migration, data conversion, and database performance optimization
- Strong knowledge of AI capabilities, tools, and usage trends
- Proficiency in T-SQL and PowerShell or Python scripting
- Experience with data integration, data warehousing, and analytics platforms
- Familiarity with third-party RDBMS and NoSQL technologies
- Strong communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Ability to support U.S. Central Time business hours and work effectively both independently and within a team
Preferred
- SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Database offerings, Power BI related certification
- Experience leading data platform, analytics, and cloud modernization projects
- Experience Administration of pipelines, development, and troubleshooting
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About UsFor more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience leading a global team
- At least 7 years of work experience, unless waived by a higher-than-minimum degree
- Experience in ERP data conversions
- Experience with Oracle and MySQL tools
- Experience with MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle Database, Excel, and MDM tools
- ITIL certification
- CISSP certification for security professionals
- CCNA certification for network professionals
McDermott International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. materials cite a minimum of 23 PTO days and 14 paid holidays, indicating a broad leave offering. Paid time off and holidays are positioned as a comparative strength within the package.
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What We Do
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. From concept to commissioning, our expertise and comprehensive solutions deliver certainty, innovation and added value to energy projects around the world. It is called the “One McDermott Way.” Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott’s locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include approximately 40,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.







