Database Administrator – SQL Server, VMware & Azure

Findmore Consulting S.A. is a company specialized in Information Technologies founded in 2006 and with more than 400 consultants.

Our services include infrastructure and cloud, software development and agility where we contribute to major projects in Portugal and Europe. We're looking for talented, purpose-driven people to join our teams!

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, configure, and support Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises VMware and Microsoft Azure.

• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain SQL Server instances and databases.

• Monitor database health, availability, performance, capacity, overnight jobs, alerts, and production workloads.

• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex database incidents and performance issues.

• Develop, review, troubleshoot, and optimise T-SQL queries, stored procedures, and indexes.

• Manage database backup, restore, security, access controls, and High Availability / Disaster Recovery processes.

• Support and maintain HA/DR technologies including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, log shipping, geo-replication, and backup/restore testing.

• Act as a technical escalation point for database-related incidents and collaborate with vendors when required.

• Manage incidents, service requests, and operational activities through ITSM processes.

• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and contribute to post-incident reviews and problem management.

• Plan, document, present, and implement database changes through established Change Management and CAB processes.

• Automate repetitive database administration and operational activities using PowerShell, dbatools, T-SQL, SQL Agent / Elastic Jobs, Python, and Azure DevOps pipelines.

• Build operational runbooks and automated remediation for recurring database alerts.

• Support database CI/CD and release validation using technologies such as Redgate, SSDT, and Azure DevOps.

• Support project activities involving database migrations, Azure workloads, ETL, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse where required.

• Contribute to database architecture decisions regarding reliability, security, performance, and cost optimisation.

• Maintain accurate technical documentation, operational procedures, runbooks, and configuration records.

• Ensure database environments comply with security, least-privilege, encryption, auditing, GDPR, PII, and data protection requirements.

Requirements

• Strong professional experience as a Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator.

• Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, configuration, maintenance, and performance tuning.

• Experience managing SQL Server environments hosted on VMware.

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure database environments, including Azure SQL and/or SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.

• Strong experience with High Availability and Disaster Recovery technologies, including:

• Always On Availability Groups

• Failover Cluster Instances

• Log Shipping

• Geo-Replication

• Backup & Restore

• Strong T-SQL knowledge, including development and optimisation of stored procedures and queries.

• Experience with database performance analysis, indexing, troubleshooting, and optimisation.

• Scripting and automation experience using technologies such as:

• PowerShell

• dbatools

• T-SQL

• Python

• Experience with IT Service Management processes, including:

• Incident Management

• Problem Management

• Service Requests

• Change Management

• CAB

• Experience performing Root Cause Analysis and post-incident reviews.

• Experience with Azure DevOps Boards and/or similar task and delivery management tools.

• Good knowledge of database security, access control, auditing, encryption, and least-privilege principles.

• Experience handling sensitive and PII data in line with data protection requirements.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

• Strong documentation and communication skills.

• Ability to operate autonomously within technically complex enterprise environments.

• Fluent English is mandatory.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Redgate technologies, including:

• SQL Monitor

• SQL Change Automation

• Flyway

• Experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

• Experience with Azure Data Factory.

• Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics.

• ETL and batch-processing experience.

• Microsoft Dynamics data integration experience.

• Experience implementing database CI/CD pipelines.

• Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep and/or Terraform.

• Azure cost optimisation / FinOps knowledge.

• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering principles, including:

• SLIs / SLOs

• Toil reduction

• RCA

• Post-incident reviews

• Relevant certifications such as:

• Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)

• Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

• VMware VCP

• ITIL Foundation

• SRE Foundation