Project Role : Application Support Engineer
Project Role Description : Act as software detectives, provide a dynamic service identifying and solving issues within multiple components of critical business systems.
Must have skills : Microsoft SQL Server Administration
Valuable to have skills : NA
Minimum 3 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Role Summary:

The Senior Analyst – SQL Server DBA is responsible for day-to-day database administration tasks including installation, configuration, monitoring, backup/recovery, and performance tuning of SQL Server environments hosted on-premises and on Azure IaaS/PaaS. The candidate will work under the guidance of senior team members and actively contribute to cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server instances (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022) on Windows Server.
Monitor database health, availability, and performance using SQL Server Agent, DMVs, and Azure Monitor.




Perform scheduled and ad-hoc database backups validate and test restore procedures.
Manage database users, logins, roles, and permissions following the principle of least privilege.
Execute patching and cumulative update (CU) cycles for SQL Server instances.
Troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, and slow-running queries using execution plans and wait statistics.
Support Azure SQL IaaS VM administration — starting/stopping VMs, disk expansion, NIC configuration.
Raise and track incidents in ITSM tools (ServiceNow) adhere to SLA targets.
Document runbooks, SOPs, and change records for all DBA activities.
Participate in on-call rotation for P1/P2 incident response.
Technical Skills & Requirements
SQL Server 2016/2017/2019/2022 installation and configuration.
T-SQL scripting — queries, stored procedures, functions, triggers.
Backup and restore strategies — full, differential, transaction log, COPY ONLY.
High Availability: Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cl

📌 Application Support Engineer (Bhubaneswar)
🏢 Accenture
📍 Bhubaneswar