Database Administrator
Skywest
St. George, UT · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
About SkyWest
SkyWest is the largest regional airline in the United States and partners with four major airline carriers. More importantly, we’re known for our reliability, service, and our professional employees who operate flights each day throughout North America. We have been esteemed as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes and are known for an industry-leading workforce, an exceptional leadership team, and our continued solid operational and economic performance.
SkyWest employees enjoy a distinctive and unmatched culture of teamwork, respect, quality, and professionalism, along with world-class benefits such as:
401(k) match
Performance Rewards and Profit Sharing
Health care (medical, dental, and vision)
Discounted worldwide flight benefits and free on available open seating for you and your family with four of our major airlines (Delta, United, Alaska, and American)
Primary Job Duties
Administers, maintains, and supports Microsoft SQL Server database environments used throughout SkyWest Airlines.
Designs and maintains SQL Server architecture standards to ensure reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
Develops and executes database capacity planning strategies to support current and future business growth.
Designs, implements, and supports High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, including failover and recovery procedures.
Monitors database performance and proactively identifies opportunities for optimization and improvement.
Creates, maintains, and optimizes database objects including tables, views, indexes, functions, and stored procedures.
Performs performance tuning and query optimization for business-critical applications.
Installs, configures, upgrades, and patches SQL Server environments.
Collaborates with software developers, infrastructure teams, and business partners to design and support database solutions.
Leads database migrations, upgrades, and implementation projects.
Troubleshoots and resolves complex database and application performance issues.
Develops and maintains technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
Ensures database environments comply with company security, governance, and retention requirements.
Provides support for production systems and participates in after-hours maintenance and support activities as required
Minimum Requirements
Four-year Computer Science, Computer Information Services, Information Systems, or related degree
OR 5+ years experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator
Minimum 2 years experience preferred
Microsoft SQL Server Certifications preferred
Physical and Other Requirements
Sitting for long periods of time
Position in SGU
This is not a Department of Transportation safety-sensitive position.
Four-year Computer Science, Computer Information Services, Information Systems, or related degree
OR 5+ years experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator
Minimum 2 years experience preferred
Microsoft SQL Server Certifications preferred
Administers, maintains, and supports Microsoft SQL Server database environments used throughout SkyWest Airlines.
Designs and maintains SQL Server architecture standards to ensure reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
Develops and executes database capacity planning strategies to support current and future business growth.
Designs, implements, and supports High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, including failover and recovery procedures.
Monitors database performance and proactively identifies opportunities for optimization and improvement.
Creates, maintains, and optimizes database objects including tables, views, indexes, functions, and stored procedures.
Performs performance tuning and query optimization for business-critical applications.
Installs, configures, upgrades, and patches SQL Server environments.
Collaborates with software developers, infrastructure teams, and business partners to design and support database solutions.
Leads database migrations, upgrades, and implementation projects.
Troubleshoots and resolves complex database and application performance issues.
Develops and maintains technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
Ensures database environments comply with company security, governance, and retention requirements.
Provides support for production systems and participates in after-hours maintenance and support activities as required