Essential Skills & Experience
Substantial commercial experience as a SQL Server DBA (typically 8 years), operating as a senior technical authority or subject matter expert.
Expert knowledge of SQL Server 2019 / 2022 administration, including Always On Availability Groups, WSFC, backup and recovery, and security.
Proven performance tuning ability using Query Store, DMVs, wait statistics, Extended Events and execution plan analysis.
Hands-on experience running SQL Server in Azure (Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database or SQL Server on Azure VMs).
Hands-on experience running SQL Server in AWS (Amazon RDS for SQL Server, RDS Custom or SQL Server on EC2).
Robust automation skills: T-SQL and PowerShell applied to real DBA operations.
Experience with patching,
upgrades and migrations, and with TDE, auditing and least-privilege security models.
Experience designing and testing high availability and disaster recovery solutions against defined RPO and RTO targets.
Experience leading technical response to major incidents.
Solid written and verbal communication, with the ability to adapt message and detail to technical and non-technical audiences.