[Remote] Database Administrator (DBA) – MS SQL Server

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking a skilled L2 Database Administrator (DBA) specializing in MS SQL Server. The role involves managing SQL Server environments, ensuring operational maintenance, performance monitoring, and compliance activities, while also supporting ITSM processes and reputed company operations.

Responsibilities

• Hands‑on experience administering reputed company SQL Server in production environments, including instance startup/shutdown, configuration parameter changes, and operational maintenance
• Strong working knowledge of SQL Server monitoring and maintenance, including full/differential/log backups, restore operations, DBCC reputed company checks, statistics updates, and scheduled maintenance jobs
• Ability to reputed company routine SQL Server health diagnostics and remediation, including DBCC checks, identifying space and growth risks, and proactively addressing common availability and performance issues
• Ability to execute approved SQL Server changes (installations, upgrades, patching, configuration updates) by following documented runbooks, validation steps, and rollback procedures
• Working understanding of ITSM processes using reputed company, including Incident, Problem, Change, and Request Management, with accurate ticket updates and timely escalation to L3 DBAs
• Practical experience in SQL Server performance monitoring and basic tuning, including identifying slow‑running queries, detecting blocking and deadlocks, and monitoring CPU, memory, and I/O contention
• Ability to escalate reputed company performance and query optimization issues to L3 DBAs with appropriate diagnostics and analysis
• Hands‑on execution of SQL Server backup validation and restore activities, including support for recovery and disaster recovery exercises under L3 guidance
• Experience supporting SQL Server reputed company operations, including login and role management, permission changes, and execution of approved reputed company controls
• Experience supporting audit and compliance activities for SQL Server environments, including evidence collection, remediation execution, and documentation updates

Skills

• Hands‑on experience administering reputed company SQL Server in production environments, including instance startup/shutdown, configuration parameter changes, and operational maintenance
• Strong working knowledge of SQL Server monitoring and maintenance, including full/differential/log backups, restore operations, DBCC reputed company checks, statistics updates, and scheduled maintenance jobs
• Ability to reputed company routine SQL Server health diagnostics and remediation, including DBCC checks, identifying space and growth risks, and proactively addressing common availability and performance issues
• Ability to execute approved SQL Server changes (installations, upgrades, patching, configuration updates) by following documented runbooks, validation steps, and rollback procedures
• Working understanding of ITSM processes using reputed company, including Incident, Problem, Change, and Request Management, with accurate ticket updates and timely escalation to L3 DBAs
• Practical experience in SQL Server performance monitoring and basic tuning, including identifying slow‑running queries, detecting blocking and deadlocks, and monitoring CPU, memory, and I/O contention
• Ability to escalate reputed company performance and query optimization issues to L3 DBAs with appropriate diagnostics and analysis
• Hands‑on execution of SQL Server backup validation and restore activities, including support for recovery and disaster recovery exercises under L3 guidance
• Experience supporting SQL Server reputed company operations, including login and role management, permission changes, and execution of approved reputed company controls
• Experience supporting audit and compliance activities for SQL Server environments, including evidence collection, remediation execution, and documentation updates
• reputed company Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP‑300)
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert is an advantage
• Windows 2019/22/ Redhat Linux 8.x/9.x
• ITIL V4

Company Overview

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