Senior SQL Server DBA

Finsolutia; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive and flexible remuneration

Professional development opportunities

Social benefits package

Flexible work arrangements

Resumo da oferta

A dynamic technology firm in Lisbon is seeking a Senior SQL Server DBA. You will be responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining SQL Server instances. Strong expertise in SQL Server 2019+, security implementation, and performance optimization is required. The ideal candidate should have 5 years of experience in an Enterprise environment and be fluent in English and Portuguese. Join our team to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits in a supportive work environment.

Qualificações

• 5 years of experience in an Enterprise environment or 7 years in any sector.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required. Spanish is a plus.
• Experience with SQL Server 2019+ is mandatory.

Responsabilidades

• Install, configure, and patch SQL Server instances.
• Monitor production environments and implement security measures.
• Troubleshoot performance issues with development teams.
• Support product deployment procedures during sprints.

Conhecimentos

SQL Server multi-instance management

Database performance optimization

Security implementation

T-SQL programming

CI/CD pipelines

PostgreSQL knowledge

Formação académica

Secondary school qualification (A-Levels or equivalent)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

📈 At Finsolutia we keep expanding!📈

For this reason, we are looking for a Senior SQL Server DBA with at least 4-5 years of experience performing similar duties to join our Data Team in Lisbon. Thus, we encourage you to apply and become part of this great team.💪💪

What will you do on a day-to-day basis?

• Installing, Configuring and Patching SQL Server instances both single instances as well as instances in High Availability (Availability Groups), ensuring the defined versions and patches of the product.
• Monitoring CQ & PROD environments and implementing improvements for the monitoring system.
• Maintaining the environments secure by implementing the principle of the least privileges.
• Ensuring each environment’s performance through regular maintenance for indexes and statistics.
• Troubleshooting performance problems by collaborating with the developer teams and solving the problems through right configurations and correct indexing.
• Working with multiple environnements (DEV, CQ, Production) accros multiple domains.
• Prioritizing the requests through ADO (Azure DevOps) and by using source control (ADO) for registering modifications.
• Helping developer teams to develop T‑SQL scripts needed for the operational procedures.
• Accompanying product deployment procedures for every sprint and ensuring that environment safety and performance.

What knowledge and skills will you need to have to succeed in the position?

• Proven experience with SQL Server 2019+ multi‑instance and high availability environments. Expertise with Installation, Configuration, Patching, Backups/Restores, Snapshots, Rollbacks are required.
• Very solid security knowledge and creativity for ensuring data safety.
• Strong expertise with SQL Server performance optimization on index level (rowstore, columnstore, fulltext, in‑memory) as well as deep understanding of the statistics. Experience with partitioning is a bonus point.
• Great observability knowledge (starting with the knowledge of the relevant SQL Server DMVs).
• Outstanding T‑SQL knowledge with SQL Server 2019+. Experience with PaaS is greatly appreciated.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps practices is not required but preferred.
• Good knowledge and experience with PostgreSQL and Power BI are strong differentiation points but are not required.
• Public Cloud experience (great understanding of Compute, Storage, Networking, Identity, etc) is a differentiation point.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in an Enterprise environment OR 7 years in any industry sector.
• At least a secondary school qualification (A‑Levels or equivalent).
• Fluency in English and Portuguese. Spanish language knowledge is a big plus.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Soft Skills)

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions and companies. Self‑motivated, proactive, and autonomous.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• A commitment to quality and testing excellence.
• A team player, focused on achieving results.

What can we offer you?

• To be part of a dynamic and constantly growing company.
• To be in an excellent work environment that will favor your professional development.
• You will have a competitive and flexible remuneration.
• Flexibility in and out of the office.
• You will have a package of social benefits.
• The offer includes a competitive salary.

Equal Opportunity

At Finsolutia, we evaluate all candidates fairly and equitably, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants based solely on the skills, experience, and competencies required for the role. No candidate in this process will be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, or any other personal characteristic. Our commitment is to ensure an inclusive environment and equal opportunities for all candidates.

In Finsolutia, people are our most valuable asset. For this reason we are constantly working on the definition of benefit plans that guarantee the balance between family and professional life and that promote the health of our employees.

We also promote equality among all people and we ensure equal employment opportunity, this is why the recruitment and selection process is free from discrimination based on gender, race or religion.

We are also committed to running selection processes that are clear, transparent, and effective and our People & Culture team is always on hand to provide assistance in any way they can.

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