Key responsibilities

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Administer, monitor and maintain production and non-production SQL Server (or chosen RDBMS) instances, ensuring uptime, reliability and performance.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Design and implement database architectures: sizing, capacity planning, index strategy, partitioning, high-availability/replication/failover as appropriate.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Perform performance tuning &amp; optimization: query tuning, execution plans, index optimisation, configuration changes, storage/I/O tuning.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Define, implement and test robust backup, restore and disaster-recovery strategies, in line with business RPO/RTO targets.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Enforce database security policies: manage user roles/permissions, encryption, auditing, vulnerability management.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Manage database deployments, versioning, change-control, patching/upgrades and configuration management in coordination with DevOps/Infrastructure teams.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Work closely with development teams during design and release cycles: review database design/schema, give feedback on query/stored proc performance and best practices.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Monitor database health proactively: resource usage (CPU/memory/I/O), alerts, logs/traces, and take preventive actions to avoid downtime or degradation.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Document standards, runbooks, procedures, and provide knowledge-transfer/mentoring to more junior DBAs.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Stay current with database technologies, industry best practices (on-premises and cloud), and drive continuous improvement.</li>
</ul>

Required skills &amp; experience

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems or equivalent.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">4-6 years hands-on experience as an SQL Database Administrator (or equivalent relational DB role) in a production environment.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server (versions e.g. 2016/2019/2022) or relevant relational DBMS in enterprise scale.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Proven track record in performance tuning (query, index, configuration), capacity/storage/I/O planning.</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Solid experience in backup &amp; recovery strategies, disaster-recovery planning, high-availability technologies (Always On, clustering, mirroring, replication).</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Knowledge of database security: user/role management, encryption, audit logging.</li>
</ul>

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<li>Comfortable with scripting/automation for DBA tasks (T-SQL, PowerShell, Python or similar).</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Experience working in DevOps/CI-CD environments (automated deployments, version control for DB artifacts).</li>
</ul>

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<li style="margin-left:0px;">Good communication &amp; collaboration skills — able to interface with development, infrastructure and business stakeholders. </li>
</ul>

Database Administrator

Key responsibilities Administer, monitor and maintain production and non-production SQL Server (or chosen RDBMS) instances, ensuring uptime, reliability and performance. Design and implement database architectures: sizing, capacity planning, index strategy, partitioning, high-availability/replication/failover as appropriate. Perform performance tuning &amp; optimization: query tuning, execution plans, index optimisation, configuration changes, storage/I/O tuning. Define, implement and test robust backup, restore and disaster-recovery strategies, in line with business RPO/RTO targets. Enforce database security policies: manage user roles/permissions, encryption, auditing, vulnerability management. Manage database deployments, versioning, change-control, patching/upgrades and configuration management in coordination with DevOps/Infrastructure teams. Work closely with development teams during design and release cycles: review database design/schema, give feedback on query/stored proc performance and best practices. Monitor database health proactively: resource usage (CPU/memory/I/O), alerts, logs/traces, and take preventive actions to avoid downtime or degradation. Document standards, runbooks, procedures, and provide knowledge-transfer/mentoring to more junior DBAs. Stay current with database technologies, industry best practices (on-premises and cloud), and drive continuous improvement. Required skills &amp; experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems or equivalent. 4-6 years hands-on experience as an SQL Database Administrator (or equivalent relational DB role) in a production environment. Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server (versions e.g. 2016/2019/2022) or relevant relational DBMS in enterprise scale. Proven track record in performance tuning (query, index, configuration), capacity/storage/I/O planning. Solid experience in backup &amp; recovery strategies, disaster-recovery planning, high-availability technologies (Always On, clustering, mirroring, replication). Knowledge of database security: user/role management, encryption, audit logging. Comfortable with scripting/automation for DBA tasks (T-SQL, PowerShell, Python or similar). Experience working in DevOps/CI-CD environments (automated deployments, version control for DB artifacts). Good communication &amp; collaboration skills — able to interface with development, infrastructure and business stakeholders.

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