Role: Azure SQL DBA / Azure Database Administrator Client: Carnival Cruise Line

Key Responsibilities
Administer and support Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure VMs. Plan and execute database migrations between Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL Database, Azure VM SQL Server, and on-premises SQL Server. Manage database backup, restore, recovery, security, access, storage, capacity, and configuration. Monitor and tune SQL performance using Query Store, execution plans, DMVs, Extended Events, indexing, statistics, waits, blocking, and deadlock analysis. Troubleshoot production issues related to performance, connectivity, TempDB, storage, backups, database availability, and application/database interactions. Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical production incidents and implement corrective/preventive actions. Develop T-SQL and PowerShell automation for health checks, maintenance, database refreshes, monitoring, backup validation, and repetitive DBA activities. Maintain operational procedures, migration runbooks,



technical documentation, database standards, and security controls. Required Skills Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure VM’s and Azure SQL Database. Strong knowledge of SQL performance tuning, Query Store, Extended Events, DMVs, indexing, locking/blocking, TempDB, and execution-plan analysis. Experience with backup/recovery, security, patching, upgrades, and database maintenance. Experience with Incident, Change, and Problem Management processes. Robust troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills. Support Model 24/7 production support for Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure VM environments. Approximately two weeks of night shift support per month. Participation in production incidents, RCA, change implementation, database migrations, patching, maintenance, deployment support, and on-call activities.

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