Senior DBA (Azure SQL)

Oregon, OH - USA

Hourly Salary: EUR 60 - 65

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Imagine every digital system in a company works like a big library. A Database Administrator (DBA) is the person who makes sure the library stays organized fast safe and always available.

In this position you take all the books (data) stored on older servers and move them into the cloud (Azure). Once everything is in Azure you make sure the system works fast stays healthy is backed up and can be restored if something goes wrong.

The job is very hands-on: you tune SQL queries fix performance problems keep servers updated and make sure databases never go offline.

This is a senior hands-on technical role.

Tasks

Role Summary

A senior technical position responsible for migrating maintaining and optimizing SQL Server databases in Azure. The DBA works within a small team that manages production database environments and supports large-scale data migrations. The role includes performance tuning backup/recovery troubleshooting patching and ensuring the reliability of core systems.

Migrate SQL Server databases from on-prem environments to Microsoft Azure (Azure SQL / Azure VMs).
Maintain monitor and optimize databases running in Azure.
Ensure high availability resilience and disaster recovery capability.
Troubleshoot database integrity and performance issues in production environments.
Write and optimize SQL code (procedures functions indexes triggers).
Manage daily SQL Server operations backups patches and updates.
Support development teams during new features data conversions and releases.
Implement and maintain database security and compliance standards.
Contribute to database design for new and existing applications.
Maintain documentation operational procedures and DR plans.

Requirements

5 years of SQL Server database administration in complex production environments.
Proven experience migrating SQL Server workloads to Azure.
Strong knowledge of SQL Server 2016 and core database concepts.
Advanced skills in T-SQL performance tuning execution plans and query optimization.
Experience resolving production issues related to performance indexing blocking corruption etc.
Experience maintaining SQL Server on Azure VMs and Azure SQL Databases.
Familiarity with development lifecycle tools (Azure DevOps / TFS).

Nice to Have

High Availability: AlwaysOn Failover Groups.
SQL Server Replication.
Service Broker.
SSIS / SSRS / SSAS.
Experience designing DR strategies.
Ability to advise on cloud-architecture best practices.

Benefits

This position is only for US Candidates everywhere. (availability to travel to Oregon for the onboarding/equipament)
The hourly rate is between 60-65 USD/hour.
It starts as a Contract to Hire and if the candidates are bringing good results after 6 months it will convert into a full employment position with the same hourly rate.
Applicants must be legally allowed to work in the region (no sponsorship).

If youre looking for a senior role with strong ownership of cloud-based SQL environments wed like to hear from you.

Imagine every digital system in a company works like a big library. A Database Administrator (DBA) is the person who makes sure the library stays organized fast safe and always available.In this position you take all the books (data) stored on older servers and move them into the cloud (Azure). Once...