Senior SQL Server DBA

Description

Role description and responsibilitiesA senior SQL Server DBA role with strong ownership of production database operations, deeply integrated with Azure cloud services. The role requires solid technical autonomy, cloud-native expertise and the ability to operate independently across the full DBA lifecycle — from performance tuning to incident resolution and release management. Infrastructure partners provide support but the DBA maintains direct operational responsibility.

Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases in production, integrated with Azure cloud services, with strong operational ownership

Manage Always-On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances and storage account operations

Lead technical resolution of SQL Server incidents: diagnose, remediate and produce structured root cause analysis independently

Execute and validate production releases using Azure DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy (UCD)

Perform query tuning, T-SQL optimisation and execution plan analysis

Administer and optimise Azure SQL, Azure Pipelines, Azure Monitor and Azure Event Hub

Enforce security, permissions management and audit-quality documentation

Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure partners and release management

Contribute to runbook quality and continuous improvement of database operations

Requirements

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

SQL Server installation and configuration

Always‑On Availability Groups (must)

Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)

PowerShell automation (must)

Execution plan analysis

Storage account management

Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Alerts, Azure Event Hub, Azure Monitor (must)

PostgreSQL, PowerShell, SQL

Tools: MS SQL Server, UrbanCode Deploy, Jira, DBeaver

Professional English C1 (spoken and written) — mandatory

Strong ownership and accountability; comfortable operating with autonomy in complex production environments

Structured troubleshooting mindset; clear communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Generalizing‑specialist profile — open to working across multiple database technologies

Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space nationality to legally work in Portugal

Lisbon/Portugal‑based — hybrid working model

Nice to have

Azure Database Administrator certification is a plus

Microsoft SQL Server certifications valued

French and/or Dutch is a plus

Experience in regulated environments (e.g., financial services) is a strong plus

Skills

Required: PostgreSQL, T‑SQL, Jira, Azure DevOps Server, Powershell, SQL Server, DBeaver, Azure Pipelines, Azure Monitor

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