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.** **Solid 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.** **Strong 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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