Ms Sql Database Administrator

Nexturn; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexturn is seeking a seasoned SQL Server DBA for Hyderabad, India. The role covers installation, configuration, and ongoing administration of SQL Server 2016–2022, with emphasis on AOAG setup, failover, and performance tuning.

In Azure, you’ll manage Azure SQL Database/MI and SQL Server on Azure VMs, including backups, PITR, and DR runbooks. Responsibilities also include addressing blocking, deadlocks, high resource usage, and capacity planning for data and TempDB, along with CDC cleanup and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SQL Server DBA experience.
• Experience with Always On Availability Groups and replication.
• Experience with SQL Server 2016–2022.
• Strong backup/recovery and DR planning experience.
• Cloud Azure database administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure and administer SQL Server environments.
• Manage AOAG clusters, failover, and latency monitoring.
• Resolve blocking, deadlocks, long-running queries, and high CPU/memory issues.
• Plan capacity for data/log files and TempDB; forecast disk space.
• Implement CDC cleanup and transactional replication; monitor latency.

Skills

SQL Server

AOAG

Performance Tuning

Backup & Recovery

SQL Server 2016-2022

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure VM

Job description

MS SQL Server DBA JDE : 5+ Years experience

SQL Server DBA:

Installation, configuration, and administration of SQL Server 20162022.

Managing Always On Availability Groups (AOAG) —setup, failover, latency monitoring, and replica tuning.

Resolving blocking, deadlocks, long-running queries, and high CPU/memory issues.

Addressing TempDB contention, autogrowth issues, and storage bottlenecks.

Capacity planning for data files, log files, and TempDB with proactive disk space forecasting.

Backup/restore strategies (Full/Diff/Log), PITR recovery, and DR runbooks.

Strong experience with CDC (Change Data Capture) cleanup, backlog reduction, and log file management.

Managing Transactional Replication —setup, failover, latency monitoring, and replica tuning.

Azure Cloud Database Administration:

Azure SQL Database:

Deploying, configuring, and managing Azure SQL single and pooled databases

Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI)

Managing automatic backups, PITR retention, failover groups, and instance-level auditing.

Azure SQL Server on Virtual Machines (IaaS):

Managing full SQL Server engine on Azure VMs.

Configuring SQL backups to Azure Blob Storage or Recovery Services Vault.

Implementing and supporting Always On AG clusters running in Azure VMs.