Senior Database Administrator - SQL

Role Overview :

We are seeking a skilled Senior Database Architect & DBA with 4-5 years of experience in designing, implementing, and administering enterprise-grade SQL databases. The role blends strategic database architecture with day-to-day database administration, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability of mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate will be hands-on with SQL Server (and preferably Oracle / MySQL / PostgreSQL), and experienced in high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), automation, and enterprise-scale data management.

Required Skills & Competencies :

• 4-5 years of proven experience as a Database Architect / DBA in enterprise environments.
• Expertise in Microsoft SQL Server (2016 / 2019 / 2022) administration and architecture.
• Hands-on experience in backup / recovery, performance tuning, and HA / DR solutions.
• Strong T-SQL skills (queries, stored procedures, triggers, functions).
• Knowledge of cloud databases (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Azure Managed Instance).
• Familiarity with ETL pipelines (SSIS / ADF), BI tools (SSRS / Power BI) is a plus.
• Exposure to NoSQL / Big Data systems (Cosmos DB, MongoDB, Hadoop) is desirable

(ref : hirist.tech)