We are looking for a highly experienced Senior SQL Server DBA Engineer with strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server Administration, Database DevOps, High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and database automation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, administering, optimizing, securing, and automating enterprise-scale SQL Server environments while ensuring high availability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence across mission-critical platforms.

The role requires strong hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, database infrastructure, automation, cloud platforms, and modern DevOps practices in large enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments.

Design, implement, and support highly available and disaster recovery database solutions.

Automate SQL Server administration tasks including provisioning, patching, upgrades, deployments, backups, and health checks.

Perform SQL Server installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migrations across enterprise environments.

Design, implement, and manage High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures.

Configure and administer SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG), Distributed Availability Groups (DAG), SQL Clustering, Replication, Mirroring, and Windows Failover Clusters.

Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting for mission-critical applications.

Analyze execution plans and optimize SQL queries using Query Store, SQL Profiler, and other SQL Server performance tools.

Manage database backup, restore, recovery strategies, and disaster recovery testing.

Implement SQL Server security best practices including Auditing, TLS encryption, authentication, authorization, and compliance controls.





Plan and execute database migration and upgrade activities with minimal downtime.

Collaborate with infrastructure, application, cloud, and DevOps teams to deliver highly available database platforms.

Support Agile delivery teams and participate in release planning, deployment activities, and production support.

Maintain database documentation, operational procedures, and platform standards.

Troubleshoot complex production incidents and proactively improve database reliability and operational efficiency.

Required Technical SkillsMicrosoft SQL Server Administration

Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server environments.

Deep expertise in SQL Server 2019 and higher versions.

Strong understanding of SQL Server architecture, installation, configuration, and maintenance.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG)

Distributed Availability Groups (DAG)

SQL Server Replication

Database Mirroring

SQL Server Clustering

Windows Failover Clustering

High Availability (HA)

Disaster Recovery (DR)

SQL Server Automation

Database provisioning automation

SQL Server patching automation

SQL Server upgrade automation

Operational automation

Database deployment automation

Performance & Optimization

SQL Server Performance Tuning

Query Optimization

Query Store

SQL Profiler

Execution Plan Analysis

Index Optimization

Resource Optimization

Database Administration

Backup & Restore





Recovery Models

Database Migration

SQL Server Upgrades

In-place Upgrades

Rolling Upgrades

SQL Server Security

Auditing

TLS Configuration

Programming & Scripting

SQL

T-SQL

PowerShell

DevOps & Automation

Hands-on experience with:

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

ArgoCD

Cloud Platforms

Experience administering SQL Server on one or more cloud platforms:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Operating Systems & Infrastructure

Windows Server

Linux

Unix

VMware

Hyper-V

Nice to Have

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Experience with other relational or NoSQL databases

Exposure to enterprise database platform modernization initiatives

Required Competencies

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Excellent problem-solving capability.

Strong understanding of enterprise database architecture and infrastructure.

Ability to automate repetitive database administration tasks.

Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Strong ownership mindset with focus on reliability, security, and operational excellence.

Ability to work in production-critical environments with high availability requirements.

Experience collaborating with infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, and application engineering teams.

Preferred Experience

Experience supporting large-scale enterprise SQL Server environments.

Experience with mission-critical banking or financial services platforms.

Experience managing high-volume transactional databases.

Robust understanding of Database DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD practices.

Experience delivering highly available, secure, and scalable database platforms in enterprise environments.

📌 Sr. SQL Server DBA Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 GSSTech Group
📍 Bengaluru