Database Administrator

About the company

Job summary

Key responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain SQL Server databases in production and non-production environments.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and migrate databases; monitor performance, availability, storage, and system health.
• Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions; tune performance, queries, and indexes.
• Troubleshoot database incidents and manage SQL Server security, user access, roles, and permissions.
• Configure and maintain Always On, clustering, replication, and failover; support database refresh, cloning, and environment synchronization.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams; meet security, operational, and audit requirements.
• Maintain documentation, procedures, and reports; participate in change management, incident management, and on-call support.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
• Strong knowledge of performance tuning and query optimization; experience with Always On Availability Groups and clustering.
• Good understanding of Windows Server and experience with monitoring and database management tools.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, communication, and teamwork abilities.

Technical skills

• Microsoft SQL Server; SQL and T-SQL scripting; performance tuning and optimization; backup and recovery.
• SQL Server Always On; database security; clustering and replication; Windows Server administration; monitoring and troubleshooting tools; disaster recovery solutions.

Preferred certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate and Microsoft SQL Server certifications are preferred.
• ITIL or related operational certifications are a plus.