About the role
We are hiring a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator for a leading US-based financial services company. You will design, build and run the corporate SQL Server databases and keep the data secure, available and recoverable.
Shift and work mode
- US shift, aligned to Pacific Time (approx. 9:30 PM to 6:30 AM IST)
- Full-time, work from office
- 24x7 rotational on-call support
What you will do
- Own installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migration, capacity planning, tuning, backup and recovery
- Drive root cause analysis and preventive actions; join weekly operations reviews
- Manage change across development, test, QA and production; deploy approved changes to production
- Monitor databases proactively and resolve issues
- Tune T-SQL and optimise queries
- Implement and support high availability and disaster recovery
- Define and apply database security policies and access strategies
- Support ETL, data archive and purge processes
- Run capacity and trend reviews; produce weekly and monthly management reports
- Size new environments and estimate cost and effort for projects
What you need
- 5–7 years as a SQL Server DBA
- Backups, ETL and archiving with native SQL Server tools
- DBCC, SQL Diag, SQL Profiler and third-party diagnostic tools
- Partitioning, replication and mirroring
- SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and SharePoint
- Strong T-SQL, PowerShell, tuning and debugging
- Solid understanding of HA and DR solutions
- Strong communication and the ability to work with development and infrastructure teams
Good to have
- Microsoft database certifications
- Data modelling and metadata management
- Supporting .NET applications and virtual environments
- Oracle DBA experience (a robust plus)
- How to apply Email your resume to
[email protected] with "SQL Server DBA III" in the subject line.
Skills (10): Microsoft SQL Server, Database Administration, T-SQL, Performance Tuning, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, SSIS, SSRS, PowerShell, Database Replication
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