Senior Cloud Database Adminstrator - Azure

Role Overview

An Azure Database Administrator specializes in managing and optimizing cloud-native and hybrid database environments using Microsoft Azure data services. In this role, the individual will be responsible to ensure optimal performance, robust security, seamless scalability, and high availability across Azure SQL Database, SQL Server VMs, and potentially NoSQL platforms such as Cosmos DB.

Key Responsibilities

• Provisioning & Configuration

Design, deploy, and configure Azure SQL Databases (PaaS / IaaS), including selecting tiers, autoscaling, and managing instance settings.

Use tools like Azure Monitor, Query Performance Insight, and SQL Analytics to monitor performance, optimize queries, tune indexes, and resolve bottlenecks.

Implement database security practices : RBAC, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), firewall configurations, vulnerability assessments, and auditing. Ensure compliance (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA).

Configure automated backups, georeplication, highavailability (failover / replication), and test recovery processes. Define recovery point / time objectives.

Plan and execute migration from onpremise to Azure SQL / VM, assist with data warehousing and ETL setups (e.g. Azure Data Factory, Synapse).

Automate routine tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, ARM templates, Terraform, or Azure DevOps pipelines.

Diagnose database issues—performance slowness, locking / blocking, backups, SQL errors—and provide 24 / 7 critical-path support.

Maintain detailed documentation (design diagrams, SOPs, change logs) and produce database performance / capacity reports.

Work closely with developers, DevOps, data engineers, system admins, and project leads. Mentor junior DBAs and promote best practices.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Preferred / Desirable