Job Details
The Role -
We are seeking a motivated and detail‑oriented Database Administrator (DBA) with 4 - 10 years of proven hands‑on experience in Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL). You will support the design, implementation, operations, and continuous improvement of mission‑critical SQL Server databases. The role requires solid skills in performance tuning, high availability, backup & recovery, and security hardening, working within a collaborative production workplace and contributing to team standards and best practices. As the team expands its use of OceanBase and PostgreSQL, the ideal candidate will bring a strong willingness to learn these platforms and support migrations from SQL Server.

The Work -
Database Implementation and Support
• Install, configure, and manage the lifecycle of SQL Server instances (standalone, clustered, and Always On) across environments.
• Contribute to database architecture decisions (storage layout, file/filegroup design, instance sizing) across dev/QA/prod.
• Design and deploy schema objects (tables, views, stored procedures, functions),



following standards and participating in code reviews.
• Implement and maintain configuration baselines (e.g., max server memory, MAXDOP, cost threshold for parallelism, TempDB layout).
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Implement and operate SQL Server HA/DR solutions including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, and Log Shipping.
• Maintain DR runbooks and support RTO/RPO targets; participate in planned failover and disaster recovery testing.
• Monitor AG synchronization health, cluster resources, and quorum configuration; troubleshoot failover events.
• Regularly test backups and end‑to‑end recovery (database‑level, point‑in‑time, and site failover).
Monitoring and Alerting
• Set up proactive alerting for blocking, deadlocks, long‑running queries, failed jobs, AG latency, and disk space.
• Configure and tune monitoring for wait stats, TempDB health, I/O latency, ind

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