Azure SQL DB Engineer: Performance Tuning & Reliability

SCIENTEC CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ScienTec Consulting Pte. Ltd. seeks a hands-on SQL Server DBA to manage Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VMs. You will tune performance, troubleshoot incidents, and implement high availability and DR using Always On.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of SQL Server DBA experience, strong T-SQL skills, and familiarity with Azure Monitor, Defender for SQL, and Key Vault. Singapore-based, on-site role with renewable contract terms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SQL Server DBA experience.
• Hands-on with SQL Server 2016 or later.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support Microsoft SQL Server environments across Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server hosted on Azure VMs.
• Perform database installation, configuration, provisioning, patching, upgrades, backup, restoration, and recovery activities.
• Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and availability across production and non-production environments.
• Troubleshoot database-related incidents and perform root cause analysis to minimise service disruption.
• Optimise database performance through query tuning, indexing, statistics management, Query Store analysis, and database maintenance.
• Implement and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including Always On Availability Groups, failover mechanisms, and recovery procedures.
• Execute T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, scheduled jobs, and database deployment activities.
• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerts using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Microsoft Defender for SQL.
• Manage database access, RBAC, encryption, auditing, security hardening, and privileged access controls.
• Work with Azure services such as Microsoft Entra ID and Azure Key Vault to support secure database operations.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, runbooks, change records, and disaster recovery documentation.
• Ensure database platforms comply with organisational security policies, GCC Azure requirements, IM8, and relevant governance standards.

Skills

DBA experience

SQL performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Azure SQL/SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

SQL Server

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

SQL Server on Azure VMs

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Defender for SQL

Azure Key Vault

Entra ID

RBAC security

Always On

Job description

ScienTec Consulting Pte. Ltd. seeks a hands-on SQL Server DBA to manage Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VMs. You will tune performance, troubleshoot incidents, and implement high availability and DR using Always On.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of SQL Server DBA experience, strong T-SQL skills, and familiarity with Azure Monitor, Defender for SQL, and Key Vault. Singapore-based, on-site role with renewable contract terms.