MSSQL DBA L3/ L4

Wipro Ltd.; Chennai, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking an experienced MSSQL Database Administrator / Database Engineer (L3/L4) with cloud exposure to manage critical databases across AWS, Azure, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The role emphasizes performance tuning, HA/DR, security, backups, migrations, automation, and major incident handling.

Strong hands-on expertise in MSSQL Server, AWS RDS for SQL Server, and Azure SQL is required, with knowledge of clustering, replication, and database health monitoring.

Qualifications

• Strong MSSQL Server L3/L4 admin and production support experience.
• Hands-on with AWS RDS for SQL Server and Azure SQL.
• Experience with Always On Availability Groups and Failover Clustering.
• DR planning, backup/restore and recovery strategies.
• Proficient in automation via PowerShell, Python or AWS CLI.
• Incident ownership and problem management capabilities.

Skills

MSSQL Server L3/L4 admin

SQL Server performance tuning

HA/DR with Always On

Backup & recovery

T-SQL / scripting

AWS RDS for SQL Server

Azure SQL / Managed Instance

Cloud/hybrid connectivity

Automation (PowerShell/Python/AWS CLI)

RPO/RTO planning

Tools

Extended Events

Query Store

Diagnostic tools

WSFC

DBCC CHECKDB

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Database Administrator / Database Engineer MSSQL L3/L4
(Cloud experience AWS/Azure)

Experience: 8- 15 years
Primary Skills: Microsoft SQL Server | AWS RDS for SQL Server | Azure SQL
Secondary Skills: PostgreSQL / MySQL

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced MSSQL L3/L4 Database Administrator / Database Engineer to manage and support business-critical database platforms across AWS, Azure, on-premises and hybrid environments.

The candidate must have strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, AWS RDS for SQL Server and Azure SQL, with advanced capabilities in performance tuning, HA/DR, troubleshooting, backup/recovery, migrations, security, automation and major incident management.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong MSSQL Server L3/L4 administration and production support expertise.
• Advanced SQL Server performance tuning and troubleshooting, including execution plans, Query Store, DMVs, wait statistics, indexing, statistics, CPU, memory and I/O bottlenecks.
• Expert troubleshooting of blocking, deadlocks, long-running queries, TempDB contention, transaction log and concurrency issues.
• Strong expertise in Always on Availability Groups, Windows Server Failover Clustering, Failover Cluster Instances and Log Shipping, including failover and synchronisation troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of backup/restore, point-in-time recovery, DR strategies and RPO/RTO.
• Experience with DBCC CHECKDB, database consistency/corruption troubleshooting and recovery planning.
• Strong understanding of SQL Server architecture and internals, including locking, latching, memory management, transaction logs and query processing.
• Hands-on experience with Extended Events, Query Store and native SQL Server diagnostic tools.
• Experience with SQL Server patching, Cumulative Updates, upgrades, migrations and post-migration validation.
• Strong SQL Server security administration, including roles/permissions, least privilege, TDE, encryption and auditing.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with AWS RDS for SQL Server, including multi-AZ, backup/restore, monitoring, failover and troubleshooting.
• Mandatory experience with Azure SQL Database and/or Azure SQL Managed Instance, including administration, HA/DR, performance and migration.
• Experience troubleshooting cloud/hybrid database connectivity, authentication and network-related issues.
• Strong capacity planning and proactive health monitoring across CPU, memory, IOPS, storage and database growth.
• Ability to independently handle Sev-1/Sev-2 incidents, RCA, problem management and corrective/preventive actions.
• Experience with DBA automation using T-SQL, PowerShell, Python and/or AWS CLI.
• Ability to create SOPs/runbooks, define operational best practices and provide technical guidance to L1/L2/L3 teams.

Good to Have

• PostgreSQL and/or MySQL/MariaDB administration and troubleshooting.
• Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL/MySQL.
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD automation.
• Database AIOps and intelligent monitoring.
• AWS/Azure database certifications.
• Exposure to multi-cloud database environments.