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L3 Database Administrator (DBA) MS SQL Server

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MS SQL Server Administration SQL Server High Availability (Always On Availability Groups) Disaster Recovery (DR) Performance Tuning & Optimization Backup & Restore Management Production Support (Sev-1 / Sev-2 Incidents) SQL Query Optimization

Summary

Role: L3 Database Administrator (DBA) MS SQL Server

Experience: 8-12 years

Support Model: 24/7

Remote

Skills & Experience

Extensive hands on experience administering large scale Microsoft SQL Server estates supporting mission critical production workloads across Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers.
Strong expertise in SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery, including Always On Availability Groups, failover validation, DR execution, and strict RTO/RPO adherence.
Proven ownership of Sev 1 / Sev 2 production incidents, including rapid diagnosis, restoration, Major Incident bridge participation, and leading RCA with preventive actions.
Advanced SQL Server performance engineering skills covering execution plan analysis, wait stat diagnostics, indexing and statistics strategy, blocking/deadlock resolution, and capacity forecasting.
Demonstrated capability in backup, restore, and recoverability assurance, including policy driven backups, restore testing, and audit ready recovery evidence.
Hands on proficiency with enterprise monitoring and observability tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Nagios, and native SQL Server telemetry for cross stack diagnostics.
Strong experience with SQL Server administration and fleet management tooling, including SSMS, SCOM, and SQL Central Management Server, for standardized operations.
Ability to analyze repetitive operational workloads (access, backups, jobs, patching, provisioning) and drive automation and standardization opportunities.
Experience operating in security and compliance driven environments, supporting SOX controls, access governance, audit logging, encryption, and backup/DR compliance.
Exposure to collaborating within ServiceNow AIOps / Event Manager environments, supporting event correlation, anomaly detection, incident prediction, and policy controlled automation, is an added advantage..

Recommended Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP 300)
Windows 2019/22/ Redhat Linux 8.x/9.x
ITIL V4

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Dice Id: 91140876
Position Id: 2026-300
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About Cliff Services Inc

Cliff Services Inc. is an IT services and consulting company into planning and implementing cutting-edge IT business solutions and services for various business problems, in retail, healthcare, finance, education, food and various other industries. With our vast technology and industry expertise we provide scalable business solutions and assist our clients in achieving their business objectives with the use of technology.

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