SQL Server DBA Position Available
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Growing, Dynamic company in Mobile, Alabama needs an SQL Server DBA
for a full time staff position.
*Description:
This opportunity involves the administration and maintenance of SQL SERVER databases
in multi-SERVER Windows NT/2000 data centers located in AL and Texas.
These databases are part of the company's cutting edge computer applications and business
systems.
Duties will include insuring the reliability, integrity, recoverability and efficiency
of multiple, large-scale SQL SERVER databases. In addition, this opportunity also
involves working as part of the software development team in tuning, developing
and maintaining systems using SQL SERVER, including the development of stored procedures
and triggers.
* Requirements:
The ideal candidate will be self-directed, detailed, team-oriented,
proactive and creative with at least 8-10 years of experience operating and
maintaining a similar environment.
They also need to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
The salary is 60-78K and depends on experience and relocation assistance is provided.
This is a full time staff position so no sub-contractors or third parties please.
Please do not send a resume if you are not in the U.S. and/or need
sponsorship.
For immediate consideration please send your resume as a word attachement to:
Please use job code:
SQLServerCentral/SQL DBA/Mobile/DH
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60 - 78K for a 8 - 10 year guy?
I know guys graduating from college this year with 0 yrs experience, being offered 65K.....Is it just the area your located in? Got REALLY low cost of living there?
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Got REALLY low cost of living there?
I would be very interested in this job, if I weren't so nicely ensconced here in Virginia Beach. 78K is a very livable wage in most parts of the South, and that would be especially true in Alabama. Mobile is a nice little city, and the seafood down thataways is the best, period. Waterfront property is relatively inexpensive and bound to appreciate like gangbusters. Lots of beaches, boating, and you're not too far from Pensacola (you need to see the Naval Aviation Museum).
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60 - 78K for a 8 - 10 year guy?I know guys graduating from college this year with 0 yrs experience, being offered 65K.....Is it just the area your located in? Got REALLY low cost of living there?
Mobile is not a wage area. I am from Pensacola, Fl and the reason I decided to move was the best offer I could get was $17,000/year and I had to drive 60 miles 1 way.
The area basically is like P'cola in that it is a big retirement area and pretty much if you want a job you have to wait till someone kicks the bucket.
Not much area for growth either, have a friend making bare minimum as a CISCO tech in the area compared to other areas.
This isn't to say is a good company or anything but the area is not the best for pay or future potential there is, but it is getting better.
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Mobile is not a wage area. I am from Pensacola, Fl and the reason I decided to move was the best offer I could get was $17,000/year...Let's face it: for the vast majority, the biggest single expense is for a place to live. And as it happens, most of the variance between high-cost-of-living and low-cost-of-living areas is the value of the real estate.
Most other costs are pretty much the same, give or take, wherever you live. Food costs pretty much the same wherever you live in the U.S. Cars cost pretty much the same. Clothes cost pretty much the same. Gas costs pretty much the same. Utilities and taxes can vary, but they tend to be higher in places where real estate is also high.
But, myohmy, can real estate make a difference! Typical house in Palo Alto CA: $550,000. Not even a particularly nice house. Typical house in Long Island: $350,000. Typical house in Connecticut: $300,000.
Here in VA Beach, the typical house is about $150,000 - $175,000. (Waterfront is a whole 'nother thing, but $150,000 is typical for non-waterfront.) I haven't looked it up, but I bet it's even lower in Mobile AL, Foley AL, or Pensacola FL.
If you're a DBA in Northern New Jersey, you're probably looking at $350,000 for a 1,500 sq. ft. house, plus commuting costs if you work in Manhattan. With 20% down, payments will be in $2,000/mo. range just for PI. Throw in those high NJ taxes, and we're in the vicinity of $2,500/mo.
Same house in Mobile: probably $120,000. Low taxes. Low utilities (except for summertime A/C costs!) Total payment probably in the $800 range. Call it a thousand. That's like an extra $28K per year, after taxes.
My arithmetic is always suspect -- what do you expect, I was a math major.
But I think the overall picture is accurate. All of which is to say, $78 K ought to serve quite well. Your points on the long term, however, are taken. If the job market there in general is low-grade, your company will be able to hold you hostage. You don't want to be stranded there by a layoff. Real estate can be hard to liquidate in such markets. You have to enjoy the lifestyle enough to incur such risks.
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Housing yes uns on average about $100,000. ANd as a hint if you move to the area live on the Florida side of the line for tax purposes (no personal tax, no tax on food, and smaller tax amounts otherwise). Layoffs have been a major concern in the past so I would look closely at the companies history. Beyond that it is d@%n hot all the time.
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I would be very interested in working remote from Houston Texas. As long as we have a link...the job can be done remotely.
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I know guys graduating from college this year with 0 yrs experience, being offered 65KIt reminds me of the dot com era. Here in Irvine, CA I know DBAs with at least 2, 3 years exp. without a job and still looking for even 40K or less to get back into the field.
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Here in Irvine, CA I know DBAs with at least 2, 3 years exp. without a job and still looking for even 40K or less to get back into the field.Geez, I hope you're kidding. That's scary. Out here in Virginia, $55K - $85K is pretty much the norm. They say CA is where the trends start. Let's hope that's one that doesn't catch on.
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Companies won't pay new hire an average 50 - 70K. There are lot of guys out there looking for job. The ball isn't in their court. I wonder why DBAs in the East earn more than the ones in the West. I know a developer quit a 45k job here to take a 70K job in the DC area 🙁
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I wonder why DBAs in the East earn more than the ones in the West. I know a developer quit a 45k job here to take a 70K job in the DC area 🙁I just did a search on Monster.COM and found several DBA job listings in CA, especially in the LA area. The only posted salary ranges I saw were 80K - 100K and above. They are fairly recent listings. There's more going on here that I don't understand.
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Depends on the company. Interviewed with one last year and they were paying $60k. Another offered $80k+
As with any IT job, I've seen salaries all over the board, even in the same city. Depends on the company, their budget, what they think you're worth AND what they think the DBA position is worth.
Steve Jones
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...Depends on the company, their budget, what they think you're worth AND what they think the DBA position is worth.It just seems to me there's a lot of doomsaying going on. Maybe that's because there's a lot of doom, I don't know. Can't speak for the rest of the country, but here in Virginia, even though these aren't the boom times we enjoyed a few years ago, there still seem to be enough jobs, and they're better paid than $40 K.
But $80 K seems a bit low for California. You can give up buying a house for that kind of cash, at least out there. Out here, $80 K is definitely on the high end.
I guess I don't understand why someone would want to be a DBA for only $40 K. There are easier gigs out there for that kind of money.
But I think the overall picture is accurate. All of which is to say, $78 K ought to serve quite well. 
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