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Senior Database Administrator (DBA)


About QualMinds:
We at QualMinds design & develop world-class digital products and custom software for Startups, Scale- ups & Enterprises with our world-class engineering team. We assemble a great team of frontend, backend, full-stack, QA automation, UI/UX, DevOps, data science, machine learning, and agile experts to help our clients propel their pursuit of digital excellence.

Our engineering community at QualMinds is always passionate about building customer- centric software with the highest quality, performance, security, scalability, and lowest failure rates.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to lead the administration, optimization, security, and availability of mission-critical data platforms supporting enterprise SaaS applications, analytics, and customer-facing systems.

This role is responsible for maintaining highly available SQL Server environments while partnering with Development, DevOps, Data Engineering, and Product teams to ensure scalable, secure, and high-performing database systems. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable troubleshooting production incidents, designing HA/DR architectures, tuning complex workloads, and supporting cloud modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Database Administration

  • Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments across production, staging, and development.
  • Manage Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, Replication, and Log Shipping.
  • Perform installations, upgrades, migrations, and patch management.
  • Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.

Performance Optimization

  • Monitor and tune database performance.
  • Optimize query execution plans, indexes, blocking, deadlocks, TempDB, memory, and I/O.
  • Partner with development teams to improve application performance and scalability.

Production Support

  • Participate in an on-call production support rotation.
  • Troubleshoot critical production incidents.
  • Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures.
  • Support database deployments and release management.

Security & Compliance

  • Implement database security best practices.
  • Manage permissions and role-based access controls.
  • Support compliance and data governance requirements.
  • Conduct vulnerability remediation and security audits.

Cloud & Modernization

  • Support hybrid cloud database architectures.
  • Manage SQL Server in cloud and virtualized infrastructure.
  • Collaborate on Snowflake integrations and ETL workloads.
  • Evaluate emerging database technologies.

Automation

  • Develop PowerShell and T-SQL automation.
  • Automate maintenance tasks and monitoring.
  • Improve deployment pipelines and operational efficiencies.

Required Qualifications

Experience

  • 7+ years of SQL Server DBA experience.
  • 3+ years supporting enterprise production environments.
  • Experience supporting 24x7 mission-critical systems.

Technical Skills

SQL Server: SQL Server 2019–2025, T-SQL, Always On Availability Groups, Replication, Log Shipping, SSIS, SQL Agent
Performance: Query tuning, Index optimization, Execution plan analysis, Deadlock analysis, Extended Events, DMVs
High Availability: Backup and recovery, Disaster recovery planning, Clustering, Database failover strategies
Infrastructure: Windows Server, PowerShell, IIS fundamentals, Storage and SAN concepts
Monitoring: Redgate SQL Monitor, SentryOne, SolarWinds DPA, New Relic, Grafana

Preferred Qualifications


  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Snowflake, Elasticsearch, Redis, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
  • Experience supporting enterprise SaaS applications.
  • Experience administering PostgreSQL and MySQL environments is a plus.
  • Automotive industry experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Knowledge of data warehousing concepts.

Professional Skills

  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to work effectively across Development, DevOps, Product, and Data Engineering teams.
  • Strong sense of ownership and commitment to operational excellence.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Microsoft SQL certifications are a plus.

What You'll Work On

  • Maintaining highly available database environments.
  • Supporting high-volume transactional systems.
  • Optimizing performance for enterprise applications.
  • Improving database reliability, security, and scalability.
  • Partnering with engineering teams to deliver robust and efficient data solutions.



Required Skills

SQL Snowflake
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