- Database administration and management (capacity planning, installation, backup, recovery, monitoring, Performance optimizations, troubleshooting, load/hardware analysis mapping, security etc.

- Extensive knowledge on Backup/Recovery of databases, and databases Maintenance Job failures, connectivity, and performance issues.

- Hands-on experience in resolving locks deadlocks, handling Isolation levels and performance issues like CPU, I\O, Memory bottlenecks.

- Experience in log shipping, Always-on and replication.

- Good knowledge of Windows cluster.

- Should be able to take complete ownership of the project/activities assigned to the DBA.

- Work with users and vendors to take timely and appropriate steps to resolve and troubleshoot issues impacting service levels and conduct root cause analysis

- Query optimization and tuning skills, analysis and troubleshooting interactions between databases, operating systems and applications with regard to performance and resources usage

- Collect and analyse database performance information; identify and implement solutions for performance problems

Skills Required:

- Experience in setting up and supporting database replication, mirroring, failover clustering

- Relevant working experience as an MS SQL Database Administrator in production environment

- Managing experience of MS SQL servers (2008, 2012, 2014, 2016,2019)

- Strong understanding in Database clustering techniques and operations

- Past working experience in Cloud environment is an advantage

- Able to handle demanding service response and recovery turnaround

- Able to manage daily support tasks to meet stringent SLA requirements

- Excellent scheduling and multitasking skills

- Meticulous and process-oriented

- Good, hard-working attitude with ability to work well under pressure