Hybrid Azure SQL DB Administrator: Cloud & Performance

Parking; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet is seeking an Azure SQL Database Administrator to join our Cloud & Infrastructure Services team. You will own the Azure SQL estate, ensuring reliability, security, cost efficiency, and lifecycle governance for production and non-production environments.

You will leverage platform-managed features like automated backups, zone redundancy, and intelligent performance while applying deep SQL Server expertise for migrations, troubleshooting, and workload optimization.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance in production.
• Experience with zone redundancy, failover groups, geo-replication and automated backups.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Azure SQL Database, elastic pools, and Azure SQL Managed Instance across production and non-production environments.
• Plan and deliver migrations from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance, including discovery and cutover.
• Drive cost optimisation through reservations and right-sizing.
• Collaborate with application, security, network, platform engineering, and service teams on database design and production readiness.

Skills

Azure SQL

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure Monitor

Query Store

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Disaster recovery

High availability

Security

Tools

Coralogix

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

Planet is seeking an Azure SQL Database Administrator to join our Cloud & Infrastructure Services team. You will own the Azure SQL estate, ensuring reliability, security, cost efficiency, and lifecycle governance for production and non-production environments.

You will leverage platform-managed features like automated backups, zone redundancy, and intelligent performance while applying deep SQL Server expertise for migrations, troubleshooting, and workload optimization.