Senior Database Engineer

AtkinsRéalis; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Career Progression

Job summary

Linxon is seeking a Senior Database Engineer in Chennai to administer and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises and Azure platforms. You will oversee migrations to Azure SQL services, configure Always On, and ensure high availability, security, and cost efficiency.

Bring 5–7 years of SQL Server experience, PowerShell and automation skills, and relevant certifications. The role involves performance tuning, backups, and capacity planning within a global substations EPC

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of SQL Server administration experience.
• Experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022.
• On-Premises to Azure migration experience.
• Strong knowledge of Always On, backups, and disaster recovery.
• PowerShell and SQL automation skills; DP-300, AZ-104 certifications.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support SQL Server environments across development, test, staging and production.
• Lead migrations to Azure SQL services and manage Azure database resources for performance and cost efficiency.
• Design, implement, and manage HA/DR solutions including Always On, Failover Clustering, and backups.
• Monitor and optimize database performance including indexing and query tuning.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell and T-SQL; implement monitoring and alerting.

Skills

SQL Server Administration

Azure SQL

PowerShell

T-SQL

Always On

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

SQL Server on Azure VM

SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 2019

SQL Server 2022

Job description

Join Us!

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

What will you do?

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Engineer with extensive experience in Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL technologies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for administering, optimizing, securing, and migrating enterprise database environments while ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance across on-premises and Azure platforms.

Key Responsibilities

SQL Server Administration

• Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 environments.
• Perform Database installation, configuration, upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle management.
• Manage SQL Server instances across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Execute database patching activities and maintain compliance with organizational standards.

Azure Database Services

• Lead database migration projects from On-Premises SQL Server to Azure SQL services.
• Administer and support for Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
• Configure, monitor, and optimize Azure database resources for performance and cost efficiency.
• Support Azure infrastructure services impacting database workloads.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Design, implement, and manage High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions.
• Manage SQL Always on Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Replication, and Backup Strategies.
• Conduct periodic disaster recovery testing and recovery validation exercises.
• Ensure database backups are completed successfully and recoverability is maintained.

Performance Tuning & Optimization

• Monitor database health and proactively identify performance bottlenecks.
• Perform query optimization, indexing strategies, and execution plan analysis.
• Review database growth trends and conduct capacity planning.
• Improve database performance through tuning and best practices implementation.

Security & Compliance

• Review and remediate database vulnerabilities identified through security assessment tools.
• Implement database hardening, encryption, auditing, and access management controls.
• Ensure adherence to security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Manage user permissions, roles, and database access controls.

Automation & Monitoring

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell and T-SQL.
• Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and reporting solutions.
• Automate routine DBA tasks to improve operational efficiency.

Qualification

• 5–7 years of SQL Server Administration experience.
• Strong expertise in SQL Server 2016/2019/2022.
• Proven experience in On-Premises to Azure database migration projects.
• Experience with Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• Strong knowledge of Always on Availability Groups, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Experience in SQL Server patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Basic Azure administration experience.
• Knowledge of PowerShell and SQL automation.
• Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Certifications preferred: DP-300, AZ-104, Microsoft SQL Certifications.

What We Offer

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year.
• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression.
• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon – we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more – so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world‑class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

To know more about Linxon, please click on the link below.

Join the future with Linxon – GETS Chennai, India