Senior Sql Database Administrator

We're looking for administration and support operations across on-premises and cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP). The role involves production support, performance tuning, high availability configuration, automation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Monitor reports, alerts, SQL Server jobs, disk usage, service status, and logs.

- Handle tickets related to database performance, access requests, failures, and configuration issues.

- Create logins, assign permissions, manage orphaned users, and ensure consistent security policies.

- Perform database refreshes across environments (Prod/Dev/QA).

- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot high-availability setups.

- Analyze blocking/deadlocks and optimize slow-running queries.

- Develop custom monitoring scripts for fragmentation, statistics, growth trends, and performance metrics.

- Support daily standups, weekly team meetings, and cross-team coordination.

REQUIREMENTS

5+ years of hands-on SQL Server administration and production support experience.

- Strong knowledge of SQL Server installation, service packs, upgrades, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and HA/DR.

- Proficient in T-SQL, DDL, and DML, PowerShell, Python.

- Exposure to ETL and reporting tools.

- Experience with ticketing tools such as ServiceNow and familiarity with ITIL processes.

- Exposure to other DBMS platforms (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2) is a plus.

- Experience with Azure/AWS/GCP database environments.

- Excellent communication and documentation skills.