Infrastructure Engineer – Database Administrator at fairlife
Coopersville, MI
$100,000–$125,000
Jul 28, 2026
Coopersville, MI
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A SQL Server DBA role at a food/beverage company's Coopersville, MI office, responsible for managing, tuning, securing, and recovering Microsoft SQL Server environments across production, development, and test tiers in a 24x7 on-call setting. The position also carries a meaningful infrastructure component — Windows Server, Active Directory, and virtualization administration — and involves scripting-driven automation and collaboration with development teams on query and schema optimization.
Mid level · 2+ years · Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI · Full-time
Pay in the description: $100,000–$125,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2 people in the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 1–4
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $92,470 (middle half $73,808–$125,879). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The job title carries no seniority modifier and the 2–4 year experience range maps to a Mid-level role. The alt SOC (15-1244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators) reflects the meaningful Windows Server, Active Directory, and virtualization duties alongside the core DBA work, though database administration is clearly the primary function.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent work experience' as a substitute, so the degree requirement is set to None.
VMware, Hyper-V, and Nutanix are listed together as interchangeable virtualization platform options under a 'familiarity' framing in the qualifications section; they are captured as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
PowerShell scripting is listed as 'a plus' in the qualifications section, making it preferred rather than required, even though T-SQL scripting appears in the same bullet — T-SQL is already captured as a required skill given its prominence throughout the required qualifications.
Coopersville, MI falls within the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI CBSA (13820). The role requires onsite presence with 25% travel; it is not remote.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): SQL Server performance tuning, SQL Server backup and recovery, SQL Server high availability.
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