Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator

Position Description:We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect – Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator with a proven track record in designing, architecting, administering, and supporting large-scale enterprise SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading and managing enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments with 300+ servers, along with deep expertise in high availability, disaster recovery, cloud migrations, database modernization, and infrastructure architecture.Experience Required:10 years of experience performing Microsoft SQL Server installations, configurations, security, encryptions, patching, monitoring and administration.5 years of experience managing enterprise Microsoft SQL Server farms of 300+ servers.5 years of experience developing automation scripts in the administration of Microsoft SQL Server functions with tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell or similar tools.5 years of experience migrating and upgrading Microsoft SQL Server onto latest supported versions.3 years of experience of Microsoft SQL Server cloud migrations from on premise.3 years of experience managing Azure SQL or SQL Managed Instances.5 years of experience architecting, configuring, and managing Microsoft SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG) and High Availability (HA) Disaster Recovery (DR) setups.5 years of experience performing SQL Server backups and recoveries with Commvault, SQL Server Management Studio or similar tools.Education Required:Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.Required: Any one of the following certifications:Azure Fundamentals and above.AWS Cloud Practitioner and above.Microsoft Professional or Professional Google Cloud.