Role: Azure SQL DBA / Azure Database Administrator

Client: Carnival Cruise Line

Key Responsibilities

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Administer and support Azure SQL Managed

Instance, Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.

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Plan and execute database migrations between

Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL Database, Azure VM SQL Server, and on-premises SQL

Server.

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Manage database backup, restore, recovery,

security, access, storage, capacity, and configuration.

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Monitor and tune SQL performance using Query

Store, execution plans, DMVs, Extended Events, indexing, statistics, waits,

blocking, and deadlock analysis.

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Troubleshoot production issues related to performance, connectivity, TempDB, storage, backups, database availability, and application/database interactions.

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Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical production incidents and implement corrective/preventive actions.

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Develop T-SQL and PowerShell automation for health checks, maintenance, database refreshes, monitoring, backup validation,

and repetitive DBA activities.

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Maintain operational procedures, migration runbooks,



technical documentation, database standards, and security controls.

Required Skills

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Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL

Managed Instance, Azure VM’s and Azure SQL Database.

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Robust knowledge of SQL performance tuning,

Query Store, Extended Events, DMVs, indexing, locking/blocking, TempDB, and execution-plan analysis.

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Experience with backup/recovery, security,

patching, upgrades, and database maintenance.

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Experience with Incident, Change, and Problem

Management processes.

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Strong troubleshooting, communication,

documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Support Model

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24/7 production support for Azure SQL MI,

Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure VM environments.

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Approximately two weeks of night shift support per month.

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Participation in production incidents, RCA,

change implementation, database migrations, patching, maintenance, deployment support, and on-call activities.

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