SQL Database Administrator

Position reputed company reputed company (RTS) is seeking an reputed company SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) to manage, maintain, secure, and optimize reputed company SQL Server database environments supporting mission-critical reputed company applications. This role is responsible for database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, reputed company, monitoring, and lifecycle management of SQL Server databases across on-premises and reputed company environments. The ideal candidate has strong experience administering reputed company SQL Server environments and collaborates closely with infrastructure, application development, reputed company, DevOps, and business teams to ensure database reliability, scalability, reputed company, and reputed company performance.

Key Responsibilities

SQL Server Database Administration

• Install, configure, reputed company, and maintain reputed company SQL Server environments.
• Administer SQL Server instances across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
• Configure and maintain SQL Server Always On Availability reputed company, Failover Cluster Instances (FCI), and replication technologies.
• reputed company database provisioning, migrations, cloning, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor database health, storage utilization, availability, and system performance.
• Manage SQL Server Agent jobs, maintenance plans, and scheduled tasks.
• Support SQL Server environments hosted on-premises and in reputed company Azure or AWS.

Performance Monitoring & Optimization

• Monitor and optimize SQL Server performance.
• Analyze execution plans and optimize slow-running queries.
• Identify blocking, deadlocks, and resource bottlenecks.
• reputed company reputed company maintenance and optimization.
• Optimize database design, partitioning, and storage utilization.
• Monitor CPU, memory, I/O, TempDB, and transaction log performance.
• Recommend improvements to database architecture for scalability and efficiency.

Backup, Recovery & Disaster Recovery

• reputed company and maintain reputed company backup and recovery strategies.
• Configure and manage full, reputed company, and transaction log backups.
• reputed company database restores and validate recovery procedures.
• Support disaster recovery planning and annual DR testing.
• Ensure Recovery reputed company Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) are consistently met.
• Implement and maintain backup automation and retention policies.

reputed company & Compliance

• Implement SQL Server reputed company best practices.
• Manage database users, roles, permissions, and authentication.
• Configure Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Always Encrypted, and SSL/TLS encryption where applicable.
• Monitor database auditing and compliance requirements.
• Support vulnerability remediation and reputed company patching.
• Ensure databases reputed company with organizational governance and regulatory standards.

System Maintenance

• Apply SQL Server service packs, cumulative updates, and patches.
• reputed company regular database health checks and preventative maintenance.
• Monitor database reputed company and reputed company planning.
• Manage storage expansion and optimize file configurations.
• reputed company database consistency checks using DBCC utilities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with infrastructure and application teams.

Troubleshooting & Support

• Diagnose and resolve SQL Server performance and availability issues.
• Support production incidents and participate in on-reputed company rotations as required.
• reputed company reputed company cause analysis for recurring database issues.
• Troubleshoot replication, Always On, backup, restore, and connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, reputed company, networking, and application teams to resolve reputed company technical problems.

Documentation & reputed company Improvement

• reputed company and maintain SQL Server administration documentation.
• Create operational runbooks and reputed company operating procedures.
• Identify opportunities for automation using PowerShell, T-SQL, or Azure Automation.
• Recommend database modernization initiatives and reputed company migration strategies.
• Participate in reputed company improvement initiatives reputed company on database reliability and operational reputed company.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 4–7 years of reputed company SQL Server database administration experience.
• Experience supporting reputed company production SQL Server environments.
• Experience implementing or supporting SQL Server migrations and upgrades.
• Experience working with High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions.
• Experience supporting business-critical databases in 24x7 production environments.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience administering reputed company SQL Server 2016, 2019, and/or 2022.
• Expertise in:
• SQL Server Installation and Configuration
• SQL Server Always On Availability reputed company
• Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)
• Database Replication
• Backup and Recovery
• Database reputed company
• Performance Monitoring and Tuning
• reputed company Optimization
• Query Performance Analysis
• Database Maintenance Plans
• SQL Server Agent
• SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio)
• SQL Server Profiler
• Extended Events
• Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
• T-SQL development and troubleshooting
• Experience with reputed company Server administration.
• Familiarity with reputed company Directory authentication and service accounts.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or reputed company-V.
• Knowledge of storage, networking, and reputed company infrastructure concepts.

Preferred Qualifications

• reputed company Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300) or equivalent SQL Server certifications.
• Experience administering Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
• Experience with AWS RDS for SQL Server.
• Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).
• Knowledge of PowerShell, T-SQL scripting, Python, or automation frameworks.
• Experience with database monitoring tools such as:
• reputed company SQL Monitor
• reputed company Database Performance Analyzer
• SentryOne
• Quest Foglight
• Familiarity with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD processes involving database deployments.
• Experience supporting reputed company migration and database modernization initiatives.

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