Senior SQL Server DBA - Azure Cloud & On-Prem Ops (Hybrid)

Accenture PLC; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life Insurance and Pension Plan

Free medical services at the office

Wellness programs

Flexben Program (Education, Childcare,

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Personalized training paths and Udemy/

Flex‑ability program for disabilities

Special banking conditions

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a senior SQL Server DBA in Lisbon to own production database operations, deeply integrated with Azure cloud services. You’ll manage Always-On AGs, perform tuning, and drive releases with Azure DevOps and UCD in a hybrid environment.

Requirements include 5–10 years of SQL Server production experience, strong Azure skills, and a university degree in CS or engineering. Fluent English is mandatory; Portuguese a plus.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable technical field.
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production environments.
• Proven track record in incident management, production support and performance tuning.
• Strong Azure platform experience is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases in production, integrated with Azure cloud services.
• Manage Always-On Availability Groups, FCI, and storage account operations.
• Lead technical resolution of SQL Server incidents and root-cause analysis.
• Execute and validate production releases using Azure DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy.
• Perform query tuning, T-SQL optimisation and execution plan analysis.
• Enforce security, permissions, and audit-quality documentation.
• Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure partners and release management.

Skills

SQL Server

Azure

PowerShell

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Incident management

Azure DevOps

Education

University degree in Computer Science

Engineering or comparable technical field

Tools

UrbanCode Deploy

Jira

DBeaver

Azure DevOps

Azure Pipelines

Azure Monitor

Azure Event Hub

Job description

Accenture is seeking a senior SQL Server DBA in Lisbon to own production database operations, deeply integrated with Azure cloud services. You’ll manage Always-On AGs, perform tuning, and drive releases with Azure DevOps and UCD in a hybrid environment.

Requirements include 5–10 years of SQL Server production experience, strong Azure skills, and a university degree in CS or engineering. Fluent English is mandatory; Portuguese a plus.