Database Application Specialist

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Dubai seeks a skilled Microsoft SQL Database Administrator to manage and optimize its SQL Server databases, ensuring performance, integrity, and security.

The role involves installing, configuring, and maintaining SQL Server instances, monitoring performance, implementing high availability and disaster recovery, managing security, and collaborating with development teams to optimize queries and support applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proven experience as a SQL Server DBA or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (2016 and above).
• Experience with SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud-based SQL solutions (e.g., Azure SQL Database).
• Proficiency in T-SQL and performance tuning techniques.
• Understanding of data backup, recovery, and security practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server instances.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery through backups, replication, and failover clustering.
• Manage database security, including user access and roles.
• Design and implement database schemas, tables, views, indexes, and stored procedures.
• Perform regular database maintenance tasks such as updates, patches, and integrity checks.
• Collaborate with developers to optimize queries and support application performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues.
• Document database configurations, procedures, and policies.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Database security

Azure SQL

SSIS/SSRS/SSAS

Backup & recovery

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Tools

SSIS/SSRS/SSAS

Azure SQL Database

Job description

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Microsoft SQL Database Administrator to manage maintain and optimize our SQL Server databases The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the performance integrity and security of our database systems supporting development teams and implementing best practices for database management

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server instances.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery through backups, replication, and failover clustering.
• Manage database security, including user access and roles.
• Design and implement database schemas, tables, views, indexes, and stored procedures.
• Perform regular database maintenance tasks such as updates, patches, and integrity checks.
• Collaborate with developers to optimize queries and support application performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues.
• Document database configurations, procedures, and policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proven experience as a SQL Server DBA or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (2016 and above).
• Experience with SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud-based SQL solutions (e.g., Azure SQL Database).
• Proficiency in T-SQL and performance tuning techniques.
• Understanding of data backup, recovery, and security practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: SQL Server Database Certification

Added Value experience

• Having an experience on other technologies like PosgresDB, Redis DB ...etc