Sr SQL Server DBA (with Azure) for Full-time & Direct-hire (100% Remote)

Skill                : Senior SQL Server DBA (with Azure)

Location         : 100% Remote

Duration        :  Full-time/ Direct-Hire

Required skills:

• 7–10 years of experience as a SQL Server DBA, with hands-on experience in production environments.
• Strong experience in SQL Server 2016/2019/2022 and Azure SQL technologies.
• Experience supporting 24×7 production environments, incident management, change management, and on-call support.

SQL Server DBA Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, upgrade, and patch SQL Server instances.
• Perform SQL Server database administration, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Manage database backups and restores
• Configure and manage Always on Availability Groups
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server clustering/Windows Failover Clustering.
• Perform SQL Server performance tuning and optimization using DMVs, execution plans, Query Store, Extended Events, Profiler, etc.
• Manage SQL Server Agent jobs, alerts, operators, maintenance plans, and scheduled tasks.
• Configure and troubleshoot Database Mail, linked servers, credentials, proxies, endpoints, and SPNs.
• Manage All SQL Server security
• Manage Transactional Replication, Snapshot Replication, and replication agents.
• Perform database migrations, upgrades, refreshes, detach/attach, backup/restore and cross-server database movement.
• Troubleshoot SSIS/SSRS/SQL connectivity and provider/driver-related issues.
• Perform capacity planning, disk-space management, database growth analysis, and storage optimization.
• Participate in SQL Server patching, vulnerability remediation, and maintenance activities.
• Prepare RCA documents and support critical production incidents.

Azure DBA Responsibilities:

• Administer and support Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.
• Manage Azure SQL Managed Instance environments, including databases, security, connectivity, monitoring, backup/restore, and HA/DR. 
• Perform SQL Server-to-Azure migrations using appropriate migration approaches and tools.
• Manage Azure SQL security Microsoft Entra users/groups, SQL logins/users, TDE and encryption, Azure Storage Accounts
• Microsoft Entra authentication and authorization experience is important for Azure SQL environments. 
• Monitor Azure SQL performance using Azure Monitor, Query Store, DMVs, alerts, and diagnostic logs.
• Work with Azure Backup, automated backups, point-in-time restore, and long-term retention where applicable.
• Support Azure SQL MI HA/DR and failover scenarios.
• Use Azure Portal, Azure CLI and PowerShell for administration and automation. Azure SQL MI supports management through Portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, REST APIs, and T-SQL. 
• Automate routine DBA activities using PowerShell, T-SQL, Azure CLI, and SQL Agent.
• Support cloud migration, modernization, and SQL Server workload optimization.

Our Company:

We are the preferred Oracle partner in North America with the experience and capabilities to comprehensively support Oracle products from implementation to support. We complement our Oracle expertise with additional competencies to support infrastructure, custom development, integrations, reporting, automation, and much more.

At Vigilant, our mission is to deliver impactful and successful outcomes to companies we serve. Our goal is to develop deep & lasting relationships with the clients we partner with by exceeding expectations, in our innovative solutions, the quality of our services, and the value we deliver.
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Thanks,

Pramod Kumar