Role Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced professional (16–18 years) with deep expertise in infrastructure and cloud database engineering, particularly with Azure SQL. The ideal candidate will have a strong SQL DBA background, hands-on experience in modern DevOps environments, and a proven track record of working on large-scale, complex cloud and infrastructure initiatives.

Core Experience & Skills

Infrastructure & Cloud Database Engineering

Cloud DBA Experience – Azure SQL (Must Have)

Senior SQL DBA Background

In-Depth Technical Expertise

SQL Server:

MS SQL 2005 – 2019 and onwards

SQL Query/Workload Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting

Partitioning, In-Memory OLTP, Resource Governor, Query Store (at least 2 of these)

SSRS and SSIS

High Availability: AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Failover Clustering Instances

Scheduled DB Maintenance Routines

Debugging Code & Optimizing Queries

Security & Access:

Knowledge of Active Directory (least privilege access concept) – Good to Have

Security Hardening & Vulnerability Management

Scripting & Automation:

PowerShell, T-SQL, Python – Expert Level

Database-related Automation

Scale & Performance:

Experience Managing Large Databases (10TB+)

Strong Understanding of Metrics & Statistics for DB Performance & Capacity

Cloud & DevOps Skills

Cloud Migrations: Experience working with dev/delivery teams on application migrations

API Services: Building and delivering DB services via APIs

DevOps Tooling:

GIT, Azure DevOps, Terraform, ARM, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes

Engineering Practices:

Infra-as-Code, Compliance-as-Code, CI/CD, Agile, Shift-Left

Infrastructure Knowledge

Virtualisation, Networks, Windows/Linux OS, Storage

PaaS Models and Cloud Platform Architecture

Strong Infra Knowledge across domains

Collaboration & Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration with analysts, developers, infra engineers, data scientists, SMEs

Vendor Relationship Management

Solid Communication Skills & Self-Management

Desirable Knowledge & Qualifications

Cloud Database Engines (Any of the following):

Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB

Azure: Cosmos DB, MySQL Flexible, PostgreSQL Flexible

AWS: Aurora, DynamoDB

Certifications:

Cloud DB Certifications – Azure SQL (Mandatory), AWS RDS (Beneficial)

Cloud Platform Knowledge:

Azure, AWS, GCP, Alibaba – Service capabilities & strengths

Native Cloud Backup Solutions

BI & Analytics Tools:

Power BI, Azure Power Platform

Kubernetes: Hands-on experience in designing, engineering, supporting

Industry Experience: Preferably Financial Sector

Cloud Transformation Programs: Experience leading or being part of such initiatives