Senior Sql Database Administrator
# Think Data Be Smart #
About Us: DataSmart is a Portuguese company, positioning itself as a consulting company of excellence, with over 20 years of existence. We are specialized in Technologies and Information Systems services for the Portuguese and International markets. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of involvement, experience, and excellence.
Join our team as a Senior Sql Database Administrator (Hybrid – Lisbon)!
What You’ll Do:
- Install, configure, administer, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises and Microsoft Azure infrastructures.
- Manage SQL Server instances throughout their lifecycle, including upgrades, patching, migrations, and version management.
- Administer development, testing, QA, and production environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.
- Implement and maintain backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
- Configure and manage high availability solutions, including Always On Availability Groups, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, and Failover Clustering.
- Monitor and optimize database performance through query tuning, index maintenance, statistics management, and execution plan analysis.
- Manage SQL Server Agent jobs, database files, storage allocation, and capacity planning.
- Perform database migrations across SQL Server versions and hybrid cloud environments.
- Support SQL Server services including SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS deployments and operations.
- Collaborate with development, BI, infrastructure, and application support teams to ensure reliable database services.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver scalable and secure database solutions.
- Maintain technical documentation and promote database governance and operational best practices.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator.
- Strong expertise administering Microsoft SQL Server across on-premises and Azure environments.
- Experience managing large-scale, mission-critical SQL Server infrastructures.
- Strong knowledge of SQL Server installation, configuration, upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle management.
- Hands-on experience with T-SQL, performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, statistics management, locking analysis, and troubleshooting.
- Experience implementing and managing backup, recovery, disaster recovery, replication, and high availability solutions.
- Knowledge of Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and hybrid cloud architectures.
- Experience with SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS is highly valued.
- Strong understanding of database security, including logins, roles, permissions, and auditing.
- Experience working with Agile methodologies and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- English proficiency at a professional level (minimum B2).
- Living in Portugal and available to work in a hybrid model.
At DataSmart, you will have the opportunity to integrate into a solid company and participate in projects of high recognition, nationally and internationally, with an appealing technological environment and career progression.
Excellence in the way to the future!
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