Senior SQL DBA: Reliability, Cloud Migrations & Performance

EPAM Systems; Mexico; On-site; PHP 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling & certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer and community involvement

Job summary

EPAM Systems in the Philippines is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to strengthen database reliability and guide cloud migration across SQL environments. You will own critical operations, performance, security, and continuity while partnering with stakeholders to keep systems stable and delivery on track.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of production SQL Server and SQL database experience, strong incident leadership, and hands-on skills in backups, restores, upgrades, automation,

Qualifications

• 3+ years in production SQL Server administration.
• 3+ years working with SQL databases including backups and restores.
• Strong ownership for availability, reliability and security of database platforms.
• Proven incident leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with upgrades, migrations and integrations.
• Advanced troubleshooting and performance tuning of SQL queries.
• Hands-on scripting for automation and health checks.
• Clear, structured documentation and runbooks.
• Excellent communication to advise stakeholders on best practices.
• English level B2 (Upper-Intermediate).

Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server environments to ensure stability and availability.
• Monitor database health, capacity, and performance metrics to prevent disruptions.
• Lead incident response for database failures, connectivity issues, and performance degradation.
• Optimize SQL performance by tuning queries, indexes, stored procedures, and design.
• Implement and maintain security controls and compliance-aligned configurations.
• Manage backups, restores, and disaster recovery readiness to meet RTO/RPO targets.
• Plan and execute upgrades and patching with minimal downtime.
• Develop monitoring and alerting to improve early detection and response.
• Automate routine administration tasks with scripts for maintenance and reporting.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions for recurring issues.
• Maintain operational documentation and knowledge articles for support continuity.
• Partner with application and infrastructure teams to improve system efficiency.
• Support cloud migration activities affecting database platforms and workloads.

Skills

MS SQL Server

SQL performance tuning

Incident leadership

Automation scripting

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

English proficiency B2

Job description

EPAM Systems in the Philippines is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to strengthen database reliability and guide cloud migration across SQL environments. You will own critical operations, performance, security, and continuity while partnering with stakeholders to keep systems stable and delivery on track.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of production SQL Server and SQL database experience, strong incident leadership, and hands-on skills in backups, restores, upgrades, automation,