Manager – Azure Sql Dba

Responsibilities

Responsible for backups, testing, and regular database maintenance

Enhance and optimize existing databases for peak performance

Solve complex technical issues involving multiple technology stacks

Write up documentation and share knowledge with other Engineering stakeholders

Monitor and analyze database performance and ensure effective and efficient utilization of database systems/processes

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Excellent analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills

Experience with continuous integration, delivery, desired state processes tools and constraints

Skills for developing deploying & debugging cloud applications

Closely collaborate with fellow Engineers and Product Managers and interact with stakeholders across the organization to build data products

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

Be a force-multiplier on the velocity and quality of your team

Maintain a high bar for quality and performance of your product with vigorous attention to detail and automated testing

Continuously improve how we design, build, and ship software as a highly functional team

Part of on-call duties and respond to high priority incident pager

Willing to learn and adapt quickly to changes and keep up with fast pace environment

Requirements

Be a subject matter expert and show ownership of database management

6+ years of practical experience designing, building and supporting Azure SQL databases

Extensive experience with query tuning and troubleshooting

Previous Database Migration and SSIS/ADF exposure a plus

Azure experience a plus

Terraform knowledge preferred

Exposure to NoSQL databases such as Postgres & MongoDB a plus

Knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash and other command line utilities

Experience designing, implementing, and managing high availability and disaster recovery programs

Excellent SQL programming: writing, maintaining and testing codes using “outside the box” approach

Ability to participate in and contribute to code management in GitHub including actively collaborating in peer-reviews, feature branches, and resolving conflicts and commits

Advanced knowledge in database administration, including experience with a variety of database, cloud applications, and distributed processing technologies

Adaptable to change and able to work independently and as part of a team

Experience with Kafka or similar distributed stream processing systems beneficial

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong sense of responsibility with a bias towards action

Comfortable self-directing and prioritizing your own work

Ability to understand complicated problems and craft into simple solutions that can be maintained by the rest of the team

Be a good team player and respect fellow team members