Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator – Semi-Senior

NTT DATA Europe & Latam; Lima Metropolitana; Presencial; PEN 90.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Additional paid days off

Career development opportunities

Training programs and certifications

Descripción de la vacante

NTT DATA Europe & Latam is seeking a Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator to support critical database environments across on‑premises and cloud platforms.

The role requires hands‑on SQL Server expertise, cloud familiarity (Azure/AWS), performance tuning, security, DR/HA, and automation. Collaboration with international teams is essential, with a permanent contract and full payroll benefits.

Formación

• 3–5+ years of professional database administration experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production.
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, and security baselines.

Responsabilidades

• Administering, monitoring, maintaining, and supporting Microsoft SQL Server in on-premises and cloud environments.
• Managing Azure SQL, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and AWS RDS for SQL Server.
• Installing, configuring, patching, and upgrading SQL Server instances.
• Managing users, roles, permissions, service accounts, and encryption controls.
• Monitoring and optimizing queries, indexes, and execution plans.
• Performing integrity checks, index maintenance, and backup/restore strategies.
• Supporting High Availability, clustering, and Always On environments.
• Planning on‑premises and cloud migrations with minimal downtime.
• Developing and maintaining T‑SQL and PowerShell scripts for automation.

Conocimientos

Microsoft SQL Server

T-SQL

PowerShell

Azure

AWS

CyberArk

Herramientas

Azure SQL

AWS RDS for SQL Server

Descripción del empleo

Location: Peru – Nationwide | Preference for Trujillo or Arequipa

We are looking for a Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator to join our team and support business-critical database environments across on-premises and cloud platforms.

This role is ideal for a DBA with strong hands‑on experience in Microsoft SQL Server, cloud database services, performance optimization, security, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and automation, who is comfortable collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders in an international environment.

What you’ll do

• Administering, monitoring, maintaining, and supporting Microsoft SQL Server in on-premises and cloud environments.
• Managing Azure SQL, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and AWS RDS for SQL Server.
• Installing, configuring, patching, and upgrading SQL Server instances.
• Managing users, roles, permissions, service accounts, security baselines, and encryption controls.
• Monitoring and optimizing queries, indexes, execution plans, statistics, CPU, memory, storage, and transaction logs.
• Performing integrity checks, statistics updates, index maintenance, purging, and other routine DBA activities.
• Implementing and validating backup, restore, and recovery strategies, including periodic restoration testing.
• Supporting High Availability, clustering, replication, failover, and SQL Server Always On environments.
• Supporting AWS RDS for SQL Server Multi‑AZ configurations when applicable.
• Participating in Disaster Recovery exercises and maintaining recovery procedures and documentation.
• Managing privileged DBA credentials through CyberArk or equivalent Privileged Access Management solutions.
• Participating in vulnerability assessments, security patching, and remediation activities.
• Troubleshooting performance, connectivity, availability, blocking, locking, and data integrity issues.
• Performing proactive capacity planning and database growth monitoring.
• Supporting database refreshes, data purges, extractions, migrations, and other data movement activities.
• Planning and executing on‑premises and cloud migrations and upgrades, minimizing downtime and protecting data integrity.
• Providing operational support for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Azure Data Factory ETL processes.
• Developing and maintaining T‑SQL and PowerShell scripts to automate routine DBA activities.
• Participating in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD initiatives related to database environments.
• Using GitHub and/or Bitbucket for version control of scripts and configurations.
• Participating in Incident, Problem, Change, Security, and Disaster Recovery Management processes.
• Collaborating with development teams on database design, stress testing, and application/database performance tuning.
• Participating in on‑call support rotations outside regular business hours when required.

What we’re looking for

• 3–5+ years of professional database administration experience, with relevant hands‑on Microsoft SQL Server expertise.
• Experience administering SQL Server in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of T‑SQL, SQL Server administration, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with performance tuning, indexes, execution plans, and query optimization.
• Experience with backup, restore, recovery, and database integrity checks.
• Practical knowledge of SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Knowledge of Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Experience managing database users, roles, permissions, authentication, security baselines, and encryption.
• Experience performing SQL Server patching and upgrades.
• Operational knowledge of AWS RDS for SQL Server and/or Azure SQL.
• Knowledge of SSIS and/or Azure Data Factory.
• Experience using PowerShell for scripting and automation.
• Experience or practical knowledge of CyberArk or similar Privileged Access Management solutions.
• Knowledge of database‑related networking concepts, including DNS, ports, firewalls, and SSL/TLS.
• Experience with ticketing and Change Management tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
• Familiarity with GitHub and/or Bitbucket.
• Advanced spoken and written English is mandatory, with the ability to participate in technical meetings, manage incidents, document solutions, and communicate daily with US‑based teams and stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, AWS EC2, Azure VMs, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch or similar enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for database changes and Microsoft, Azure, or AWS database‑related certifications will also be highly valued.

Who will thrive in this role?

Someone who is analytical, proactive, and comfortable independently managing operational activities within their area of expertise.

You should be able to prioritize production incidents, maintenance activities, security requirements, and project deliverables, while collaborating effectively with distributed and multicultural teams.

Permanent employment contract from day one, with full payroll benefits.

EPS private health insurance and oncology insurance, 100% covered.

Additional paid days off on top of your annual vacation entitlement.

Excellent career development opportunities at a leading IT consulting company.

Opportunity to work on large‑scale projects for major local and international clients.

Access to training programs and professional certifications to support your continuous development.

Diversity & Inclusion

“NTT DATA is an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and every story is valued. That is why our recruitment and selection process focuses on identifying talent without distinction or bias related to gender, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other personal characteristics.”

Ready to take the next step in your career and work with SQL Server, Azure, AWS, and enterprise‑scale database environments?