Azure SQL Database Administrator
- Source: Naukri
- Enterprise Minds
- $12,535.25 to $18,802.88 /yr
- Hybrid
- Hyderabad
- Full-Time
- Mid level
Job Description
On-Prem SQL Server DBA Azure / Hybrid Cloud -
Experience: 5–8 years
Key Responsibilities & Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience in Microsoft SQL Server DBA activities across enterprise production environments.
- Expertise in SQL Server installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, maintenance, backup/recovery, security and troubleshooting.
- Strong knowledge of performance tuning, including query optimization, indexing, execution plans, blocking, deadlocks and wait-statistics analysis.
- Hands-on experience with HA/DR, including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, log shipping and replication.
- Experience supporting Azure hybrid database environments, including Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure VMs.
- Experience with Azure database migration, including Azure Migrate and Azure Database Migration Service.
- Good understanding of Azure networking, VNets, Private Endpoints, Entra ID/RBAC, Managed Identity and Key Vault from a DBA perspective.
- Experience with PowerShell/Azure CLI automation, Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
- Strong production-support experience covering L2/L3 troubleshooting, incident management, RCA, change management and problem management.
- Ability to work with on-prem, Azure, application and data engineering teams in a global offshore support model.
- Strong documentation skills, including SOPs, runbooks and DR procedures.
- Willingness to participate in on-call/247 support, if required
Skills
- microsoft-azure
- azure-sql
- azure-sql-database
- microsoft-sql-server
- azure-sql-managed-instance
- microsoft-entra-id
- azure-rbac
- azure-key-vault
- vault
- powershell
- azure-monitor
