Senior Database Administrator

A.P. Moller Maersk; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A.P. Moller Maersk in Bengaluru, India is seeking an experienced Senior DBA to manage SQL Server environments in cloud IaaS and PaaS.

You will lead migrations, enforce high availability, backups, security, and operational health while coordinating with a globally distributed team. The role requires 5+ years of SQL Server administration, strong T-SQL and PowerShell, and hands-on cloud migration experience to Azure or AWS.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SQL Server administration in enterprise production environments.
• Experience migrating databases to Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Strong T-SQL and PowerShell skills.
• Deep understanding of backup/recovery strategies, high-availability setups, replication, and performance tuning.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve performance and availability issues.
• Effective written and verbal communication, with an emphasis on documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage Microsoft SQL Server platforms (2012 onwards), including availability groups and disaster recovery strategies.
• Plan and execute database migrations to Azure and AWS PaaS, including minimizing downtime and risk during transitions.
• Monitor database and infrastructure performance using Prometheus and Grafana; establish dashboards and alerts to proactively detect issues.
• Automate routine DBA duties such as backups, patching, health checks, and index/statistics maintenance using scripting or orchestration tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues: deadlocks, hung sessions, process blocking, performance bottlenecks, disk I/O or memory/CPU issues.
• Establish robust security practices: user/role management, encryption at rest/in transit (TDE, backup encryption) where required, auditing, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team of developers, network and infrastructure engineers, and tech leaders.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, knowledge base content, playbooks, and documentation to support operations and onboarding.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for mission-critical systems.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

PowerShell

Azure/AWS migrations

High availability

Backup & recovery

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Documentation

On-call rotation

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Role Summary

We're looking for an experienced Senior DBA to support complex SQL Server environments in the cloud-both IaaS and PaaS. You'll lead critical migrations and installations, ensure high availability, administer backups, enforce appropriate security practices, provide performance advice, monitor system health, and respond to outages.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage Microsoft SQL Server platforms (2012 onwards), including availability groups and disaster recovery strategies.
• Plan and execute database migrations to Azure and AWS PaaS, including minimizing downtime and risk during transitions.
• Monitor database and infrastructure performance using Prometheus and Grafana; establish dashboards and alerts to proactively detect issues.
• Automate routine DBA duties such as backups, patching, health checks, and index/statistics maintenance using scripting or orchestration tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues: deadlocks, hung sessions, process blocking, performance bottlenecks, disk I/O or memory/CPU issues.
• Establish robust security practices: user/role management, encryption at rest/in transit (TDE, backup encryption) where required, auditing, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team of developers, network and infrastructure engineers, and tech leaders.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, knowledge base content, playbooks, and documentation to support operations and onboarding.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for mission-critical systems.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering SQL Server in enterprise production environments.
• Routine availability for at least 2 hours between 8 AM and 5 PM US Central Time Zone.
• Hands-on experience with database migrations and management in Azure and/or AWS cloud environments.
• Strong T-SQL and PowerShell skills.
• Deep understanding of backup/recovery strategies, high-availability setups, replication, and performance tuning.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve performance and availability issues.
• Effective written and verbal communication, with an emphasis on documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in AWS, Azure, or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with DevOps automation such as CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience mentoring junior DBAs or developing internal training.
• Cloud spending optimization skills.

General Info

Note that this is a fully onsite role.

Core Skills

• Data Integration and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) practices: Combining data from different sources into a single, unified view, and the process of extracting data from sources, transforming it into a suitable format, and loading it into a destination system. Proficiency Level: Advanced
• Data Analysis: The process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data to discover useful information, draw conclusions, and support decision-making Proficiency Level: Proficient
• Data Processing Frameworks: Tools and libraries used to process large data sets efficiently, such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. Proficiency Level: Proficient
• Programming: Writing code to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data, often using languages like Python, R, and SQL. Proficiency Level: Proficient
• Data Modelling: The process of creating a data model for the data to be stored in a database, representing the data structures and their relationships. Proficiency Level: Proficient
• Data Quality Management: Ensuring that data is accurate, complete, reliable, and relevant for its intended use. Proficiency Level: Advanced