- Health Monitoring : Implement automated monitoring systems to track database performance, availability, and critical parameters such as CPU usage, memory, disk I/O, and replication status.

- Proactive Issue Resolution : Diagnose and resolve database issues (e.g., locking, deadlocks, data corruption) proactively, before they impact users or operations.

- High Availability : Implement and manage database clustering, replication, and failover strategies to ensure high availability and disaster recovery (e.g., using tools like SQL Server Always On, Oracle RAC, MySQL Group Replication).

- Capacity Planning : Monitor resource consumption and plan for growth to ensure the database can scale effectively with increasing data volume and transaction load.

- Resource Optimization : Analyze and optimize resource usage (CPU, memory, disk, network) to reduce operational costs.

- Licensing Management : Ensure that database licensing models are properly adhered to and identify opportunities for reducing licensing costs.

- Cloud Cost Management : Use cost analysis tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management) to monitor and optimize cloud database spend, identifying opportunities for right sizing or reserving instances.

Certifications :

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field

- Microsoft SQL certifications (MTA Database, MCSA : SQL Server, MCSE : Data Management and Analytics) will be an advantage.

- 8+ years of hands-on experience in Microsoft SQL Server administration

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field

- SQL certifications (MTA / MCSA / MCSE) are a plus