SQL Database Administrator

Project Description:

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.

Mandatory Skills Description:

• 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.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Certifications in database technologies are an added advantage.