Senior Azure Cloud DBA Engineer

Keystone Solutions; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Keystone Solutions is recruiting for a Senior Operational Database Administration and Engineering consultant to work on-site with a client in a distributed SQL Server environment. The role combines engineering-led platform build with expert operational support, emphasizing NoSQL capabilities and Azure Cosmos DB.

You will operate embedded with the client, balancing on-site collaboration (two days per week) and hybrid work.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in SQL Server.
• Proven experience in Azure SQL DB and Cosmos DB.
• English mainly plus one local language.

Responsibilities

• Performance and monitoring.
• Design and modelling.
• Support and documentation.
• Design and industrialize platform services, then transfer practices and know-how to the team.
• Engineering-led role split: 65% BUILD and 35% expert support and coaching.

Skills

SQL Server

Azure SQL DB

Cosmos DB

Tools

PowerShell

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

This is a consultancy mission delivered by Keystone Solutions for our client. We are recruiting a Senior Operational Database Administration and Engineering consultant who will work on site with the client, perform engineering-led platform build and expert operational support, and contribute to transformational initiatives in a full distributed SQL Server environment.

Start date: January 2027.

Languages: English mainly plus one local language.

On-site requirement: two days per week, chosen by the consultant.

Team day: Monday.

Service model: 24/7 support plus weekly operations, with operations also on weekends.

• Role context: Senior Operational Database Administration and Engineering, within a client organization structured around IGO: Infra and Operation, IS: Informatics Services, and ATAS: Application Technology, Architecture and Strategy.
• Team size: 16 DBAs and 1 to be recruited.
• Team structure: three pools. Juniors (6) handle RUN. Mediors handle non recurrent requests that bring short or mid term value for D.A.E or IS, such as LCM of products, quick wins to gain efficiency, delivery of small improvements, handling changes. Seniors handle transform.
• Technology landscape: full distributed SQL Server.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Keystone Solutions consultant working closely with the client, you will perform the following responsibilities:

• Performance and monitoring.
• Design and modelling.
• Support and documentation.
• Design and industrialize platform services, then transfer practices and know how to the team.
• Engineering-led role split: 65 percent BUILD and 35 percent expert support and coaching.

NoSQL and Cosmos DB Priority:

Top priority: build NoSQL capabilities, with a strong focus on Azure Cosmos DB. As a Keystone Solutions consultant you will deliver:

• Refresh and scrambling.
• Performance and monitoring: troubleshooting, tuning and operational support.
• Data modelling and governance: standards for document models and NoSQL usage.

Automation and Cloud Operations:

• PowerShell, Terraform, CI/CD.
• Reusable scripts and deployment modules.
• Documented procedures and handover, runbooks and knowledge transfer.
• Azure platform management (security, backup, recovery and cost control).

Team Structure and Ways of Working:

• Team day: Monday.
• Two days on site mandatory, by choice by the consultant.
• 24/7 support plus weekly operations.
• Operations also on weekends.
• Collaborate with Juniors handling RUN, Mediors handling non recurrent requests and changes, Seniors handling transform.

Required Profile:

• 7 plus years in SQL Server.
• Proven experience in Azure SQL DB and Cosmos DB.
• Ownership and coaching mindset, with the ability to transfer practices and know how to the team.
• Language: English mainly plus one local language.

Consultancy Model at Keystone Solutions:

• You operate as a Keystone Solutions consultant embedded with the client, combining on-site collaboration with remote work as appropriate.
• You deliver on the client's priorities, align with their IGO, IS and ATAS stakeholders, and uphold Keystone Solutions' standards for engineering quality, documentation and knowledge transfer.
• You perform the full scope of responsibilities listed above under the Keystone Solutions consultancy model, working closely with the client's DBA team and related functions.

Why Join Keystone Solutions as a Consultant:

• Consultancy nature of work: contribute on site at client locations as a Keystone Solutions consultant, bringing immediate value while representing our engineering excellence.
• Dynamic projects: tackle diverse challenges across SQL Server, NoSQL and Azure platform operations, with exposure to transformation initiatives and RUN, change and build activities.
• Turbo-charged learning and development: benefit from mentoring, certifications support and access to best practice accelerators, reusable modules and community of practice sessions.
• Ambition skyrocketing within a consultancy framework: grow your impact through varied client engagements, from quick wins and LCM to platform industrialization and transformational work.

Values of a K-Stone:

• Ownership: take responsibility end to end, from design and build to operational excellence and knowledge transfer.
• Craftsmanship: engineer reusable, well documented and secure solutions that stand the test of production.
• Curiosity: explore new patterns and optimize performance through data driven experimentation.
• Collaboration: coach peers, align with client stakeholders and elevate team capabilities.
• Integrity: transparent communication, reliable support and consistent delivery at 24/7 standards.

Practical Details:

• Mission: 1 year, renewable.
• Start: January 2027.
• Location: on site with the client for two days per week, team day Monday, remaining time hybrid as aligned with the client.
• Service coverage: 24/7 support plus weekly operations, including operations on weekends.
• Scope highlights: full distributed SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, Cosmos DB, NoSQL capability build, PowerShell, Terraform, CI/CD, Azure platform management with security, backup, recovery and cost control.