Sr. SQL Server DBA Engineer

Global Software Solutions Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Software Solutions Group in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Senior SQL Server DBA Engineer with deep expertise in SQL Server administration, HA/DR, automation, and DevOps. You will design, administer, secure, and optimize enterprise-scale SQL Server environments across mission-critical platforms.

The role requires hands-on cloud experience, automation, and collaboration with infra, application, and cloud teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in SQL Server administration (2019 and above).
• Design, implement, and manage HA/DR architectures for mission-critical databases.
• Automate routine DBA tasks including provisioning, patching, upgrades, and backups.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Design, implement, and support highly available and disaster recovery database solutions.
• Automate SQL Server administration tasks including provisioning, patching, upgrades, deployments, backups, and health checks.
• Perform SQL Server installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migrations across enterprise environments.
• Configure and administer SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, DAGs, clustering, and replication.
• Tune performance, analyze execution plans, and optimize queries using SQL Server tools.
• Manage backup, restore, recovery strategies, and DR testing.
• Implement SQL Server security best practices including auditing and TLS.
• Collaborate with infra, app, cloud, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable DB platforms.

Skills

SQL Server Administration

HA/DR design

Database automation

DevOps practices

Performance tuning

Security best practices

Cloud platforms

Tools

PowerShell

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

OCI / AWS / Azure

Job description

• SQL Server Upgrades
• In-place Upgrades
• Rolling Upgrades

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior SQL Server DBA Engineer with strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server Administration, Database DevOps, High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and database automation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, administering, optimizing, securing, and automating enterprise-scale SQL Server environments while ensuring high availability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence across mission-critical platforms.

The role requires strong hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, database infrastructure, automation, cloud platforms, and modern DevOps practices in large enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments


• Design, implement, and support highly available and disaster recovery database solutions


• Automate SQL Server administration tasks including provisioning, patching, upgrades, deployments, backups, and health checks


• Perform SQL Server installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migrations across enterprise environments


• Design, implement, and manage High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures


• Configure and administer SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG), Distributed Availability Groups (DAG), SQL Clustering, Replication, Mirroring, and Windows Failover Clusters


• Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting for mission-critical applications


• Analyze execution plans and optimize SQL queries using Query Store, SQL Profiler, and other SQL Server performance tools


• Manage database backup, restore, recovery strategies, and disaster recovery testing


• Implement SQL Server security best practices including Auditing, TLS encryption, authentication, authorization, and compliance controls


• Plan and execute database migration and upgrade activities with minimal downtime


• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, cloud, and DevOps teams to deliver highly available database platforms


• Support Agile delivery teams and participate in release planning, deployment activities, and production support


• Maintain database documentation, operational procedures, and platform standards


• Troubleshoot complex production incidents and proactively improve database reliability and operational efficiency

Required Technical Skills

Microsoft SQL Server Administration

• Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server environments


• Deep expertise in SQL Server 2019 and higher versions


• Strong understanding of SQL Server architecture, installation, configuration, and maintenance

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG)


• Distributed Availability Groups (DAG)


• SQL Server Replication


• Database Mirroring


• SQL Server Clustering


• Windows Failover Clustering


• High Availability (HA)


• Disaster Recovery (DR)

SQL Server Automation

• Database provisioning automation


• SQL Server patching automation


• SQL Server upgrade automation


• Operational automation


• Database deployment automation

Performance & Optimization

• SQL Server Performance Tuning


• Query Optimization


• Query Store


• SQL Profiler


• Execution Plan Analysis


• Index Optimization


• Resource Optimization

Database Administration

• Backup & Restore


• Recovery Models


• Database Migration


• SQL Server Upgrades


• In-place Upgrades


• Rolling Upgrades


• SQL Server Security


• Auditing


• TLS Configuration

Programming & Scripting

• SQL


• T-SQL


• PowerShell

DevOps & Automation

• Ansible


• Jenkins


• Terraform


• ArgoCD

Cloud Platforms

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)


• Microsoft Azure


• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Operating Systems & Infrastructure

• Windows Server


• Linux


• Unix


• VMware


• Hyper-V

Nice to Have

• Bash scripting


• Python scripting


• Experience with other relational or NoSQL databases


• Exposure to enterprise database platform modernization initiatives

Required Competencies

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills


• Excellent problem-solving capability


• Strong understanding of enterprise database architecture and infrastructure


• Ability to automate repetitive database administration tasks


• Experience working in Agile delivery environments


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills


• Strong ownership mindset with focus on reliability, security, and operational excellence


• Ability to work in production-critical environments with high availability requirements


• Experience collaborating with infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, and application engineering teams

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise SQL Server environments


• Experience with mission-critical banking or financial services platforms}