System Administrator

Role: Azure SQL DBA / Azure Database Administrator

Client: Carnival Cruise Line

Key Responsibilities

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Administer and support Azure SQL Managed
Instance, Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.

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Plan and execute database migrations between
Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL Database, Azure VM SQL Server, and on-premises SQL
Server.

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Manage database backup, restore, recovery,
security, access, storage, capacity, and configuration.

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Monitor and tune SQL performance using Query
Store, execution plans, DMVs, Extended Events, indexing, statistics, waits,
blocking, and deadlock analysis.

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Troubleshoot production issues related to
performance, connectivity, TempDB, storage, backups, database availability, and
application/database interactions.

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Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for
critical production incidents and implement corrective/preventive actions.

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Develop T-SQL and PowerShell automation for
health checks, maintenance, database refreshes, monitoring, backup validation,
and repetitive DBA activities.

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Maintain operational procedures, migration
runbooks, technical documentation, database standards, and security controls.

Required Skills

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Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL
Managed Instance, Azure VM’s and Azure SQL Database.

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Strong knowledge of SQL performance tuning,
Query Store, Extended Events, DMVs, indexing, locking/blocking, TempDB, and
execution-plan analysis.

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Experience with backup/recovery, security,
patching, upgrades, and database maintenance.

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Experience with Incident, Change, and Problem
Management processes.

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Strong troubleshooting, communication,
documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Support Model

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24/7 production support for Azure SQL MI,
Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure VM environments.

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Approximately two weeks of night shift
support per month.

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Participation in production incidents, RCA,
change implementation, database migrations, patching, maintenance, deployment
support, and on-call activities.