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Technical Lead SQL DBA, SQL Server & Database Administration
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18 August 2026 (3 hours ago)
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15 November 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Technical Lead - SQL DBA SQL Server & Database Administration
Experience Required: 10-15 Years
Roles and Responsibilities:
The person will be responsible for leading Microsoft SQL Server database administration production support operational governance and database service delivery. The role requires strong hands-on SQL DBA expertise technical leadership troubleshooting capability database availability management performance tuning backup and recovery governance and coordination with application infrastructure security compliance and vendor teams.
Key Accountabilities:
Lead end-to-end SQL Server DBA operations technical delivery and L2/L3 support for Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Administer SQL Server environments including installation configuration upgrades patching migrations cloning database refresh SQL Agent jobs storage planning and capacity management.
Manage high availability and disaster recovery technologies such as Always On Availability Groups Failover Cluster Instances log shipping replication and database mirroring where applicable.
Plan validate and support backup and recovery operations including full differential and transaction log backups restore testing point-in-time recovery and DR exercise support.
Monitor database health availability performance space jobs alerts wait statistics blocking deadlocks and logs using SQL Server Management Studio SQL Server Agent DMVs or monitoring platforms.
Analyze and tune SQL Server performance using execution plans index tuning statistics maintenance query optimization wait analysis memory/CPU/I/O trend analysis and workload reviews.
Support security access management SQL logins/users/roles auditing encryption awareness vulnerability remediation and compliance controls for SQL Server databases.
Troubleshoot production incidents such as database availability issues backup failures transaction log growth storage/disk capacity issues SQL Agent job failures application connectivity issues and authentication problems.
Coordinate with application teams infrastructure teams backup teams Windows/Unix teams security teams vendors and stakeholders for incident and change resolution.
Lead technical reviews guide DBA team members perform peer reviews support task allocation and ensure adherence to standards SOPs and SLA commitments.
Participate in incident problem service request change release and knowledge management processes using approved service management tools.
Prepare and maintain runbooks SOPs architecture notes implementation plans deployment steps DR test evidence RCA documents release notes and knowledge articles.
Experience required:
Good communication skills with ability to work with stakeholders application owners infrastructure teams security teams DBAs and delivery leadership.
Minimum 10-15 years of IT experience with strong hands-on Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience in production support and enterprise database administration.
Strong experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022 or later SQL Server Management Studio SQL Server Agent Always On Availability Groups Failover Clustering and backup/recovery.
Experience in SQL Server installation configuration patching upgrades migrations database refresh backup/recovery performance tuning and operational monitoring.
Experience in Windows Server environments including service management event log review filesystem checks
Required Skills:
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