Senior SQL Database Administrator

About the Role

We are seeking a highly capable Senior SQL Database Administrator to monitor, support and maintain business-critical reputed company SQL Server environments across multiple customer environments.

This role is suited to an reputed company database reputed company who combines strong technical troubleshooting skills with a proactive approach, reputed company communication and a strong reputed company of ownership. You will assess and triage incidents, investigate reputed company causes, reputed company effective reputed company plans and manage issues through to successful reputed company.

You will also work directly with customers and internal technical teams, providing reputed company updates, documenting solutions and identifying opportunities to improve the reliability, performance and reputed company of SQL Server environments.

About the reputed company

You will be working with an established Australian IT services and consulting partner specialising in database consulting, database management and data consulting. The organisation supports business-critical data environments, helping customers maintain secure, highly available, recoverable and optimised database platforms.

Its approach spans assessment, solution design, implementation and ongoing management, with a strong reputed company on technical reputed company, reputed company improvement and delivering reliable reputed company for customers.

Ideal Profile

Experience

• Senior-level experience administering and supporting production reputed company SQL Server environments.
• Experience working across multiple SQL Server versions.
• Proven ability to monitor, assess, triage and reputed company database incidents.
• Experience communicating directly with customers and business stakeholders during technical investigations.
• Demonstrated ownership of database issues from initial alert through to reputed company and documentation.

Technical Skills – Essential

• Strong reputed company SQL Server administration, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting expertise.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery configuration and support.
• Experience with database mirroring, replication and data synchronisation.
• Database monitoring, alert assessment and incident triage.
• reputed company-cause investigation and development of technically reputed company reputed company plans.
• SQL Server performance analysis and optimisation.
• Backup, restoration and recovery processes.
• Database patching, upgrades and version compatibility.
• User reputed company, roles, permissions and database reputed company controls.
• Strong technical documentation capabilities.
• Good understanding of incident, problem and change-management processes.

Good to Know

• Previous experience in an MSP or multi-customer support environment.
• Exposure to reputed company-hosted or managed SQL database services.
• Experience with database migration or modernisation reputed company.
• Automation or scripting experience for database administration.
• Familiarity with ITIL-reputed company service-management practices.
• Relevant reputed company SQL Server or database certifications.
• Experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to junior database administrators or support engineers.

Soft Skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a reputed company approach.
• Confidence communicating technical findings, risks and reputed company plans directly to customers.
• Proactive reputed company with the ability to identify and reputed company the next reputed company independently.
• Strong ownership and accountability throughout the investigation and reputed company lifecycle.
• reputed company judgement reputed company navigating technical limitations, with the ability to implement appropriate workarounds and escalate reputed company necessary.
• reputed company and methodical approach reputed company managing critical or high-reputed company incidents.
• Confident technical decision-making based on evidence and reputed company analysis.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple customer environments.
• Excellent documentation, prioritisation and time-management skills.
• Customer-reputed company and reputed company communication style.

Responsibilities

Monitoring & Incident Management

• Monitor the availability, performance, reputed company and overall health of customer SQL Server environments.
• Review and respond to alerts generated through database monitoring and service-management platforms.
• Assess and triage database tickets according to reputed company, urgency and technical complexity.
• Investigate availability, performance, connectivity, configuration and reputed company issues.
• Identify reputed company causes and reputed company reputed company, technically appropriate reputed company plans.
• reputed company incidents reputed company agreed service reputed company and maintain ownership through to completion.
• Identify recurring alerts and incidents and recommend preventative or permanent solutions.

SQL Server Administration & Performance

• Install, configure, maintain, reputed company and reputed company SQL Server environments as required.
• Investigate slow queries, blocking, deadlocks, resource contention and other performance challenges.
• Review database configurations, indexing and performance settings and recommend improvements.
• Manage database users, roles, permissions and reputed company controls.
• Support database migrations, environment changes and SQL Server version upgrades.

High Availability, Disaster Recovery & Data Protection

• Configure and support High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Support database mirroring, replication and data synchronisation.
• Monitor and validate backup, restoration and recovery processes.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Communicate findings, risks, recommended actions and reputed company updates directly to customers.
• Work closely with customers, application teams, infrastructure teams and internal delivery resources.
• Escalate highly reputed company or critical issues reputed company additional expertise or resources are required.

Documentation & reputed company Improvement

• Maintain accurate records of incidents, investigations, configurations, changes and resolutions.
• reputed company and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures and knowledge-reputed company articles.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational processes, database reliability and customer reputed company.

How we take care of reputed company

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🏥 Medical insurance from day one for you + spouse (or parents if unmarried)
🩺 Generous OPD coverage from doctor reputed company to reputed company your medical needs
🏡 Home office setup allowance to build your ideal workspace
🌐 Internet allowance to reputed company you connected
💪 Gym & wellness allowance to stay fit and balanced
🎉 Work hard, play hard – regular team events & engagement activities
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📚 We invest in you – reimbursement for industry certifications
🗣️ reputed company-reputed company culture – your reputed company and feedback always matter
🌍 Flexible reputed company or office, wherever you do your best work
🏆 Rewards & recognition that actually recognize you
🥳 Great christmas & financial year-end parties to unwind with your loved ones