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Work Location: Bentonville, AR
Work Type: Hybrid - 3 days on site Rate: Depends on Experience
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Azure SQL Database Administrator with strong expertise in cloud database management, production support, performance tuning, and disaster recovery. The primary focus of this role is administering Azure SQL environments while ensuring high availability, security, and optimal performance.
Key Responsibilities
Azure SQL Administration
Manage and support Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and related Azure cloud database services
Monitor performance, workload, and resource utilization using Azure Monitor, Query Store, and other native Azure tools
Implement Azure security best practices, including firewalls, encryption, auditing, and role-based access control (RBAC)
Manage automated backups, geo-replication, failovers, and long-term retention policies
Support deployments, schema changes, and data migrations within Azure environments
Production Support & Monitoring
Provide 24/7 production support on a rotational basis
Conduct daily health checks and proactively identify performance or capacity issues
Monitor database availability, integrity, and performance using industry-standard tools
Backup, Recovery & Failover
Execute and manage database backup and restore operations
Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing, and documentation
Ensure compliance with defined RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) targets
Database Maintenance
Apply patches, updates, and security fixes
Perform data refreshes, cloning, environment setup, and migrations
Manage users, permissions, and database security policies
Performance Tuning
Analyze and optimize slow-running queries and database workloads
Optimize indexing strategies and database configurations
Collaborate with development and application teams to improve performance
Incident & Problem Management
Respond to incidents within defined SLAs and perform root cause analysis (RCA)
Document issues, resolutions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and knowledge base articles
Change & Release Support
Support releases, database updates, and change requests
Participate in Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes and follow established change management protocols
Desirable Skills
Azure Data Factory
SQL Server Database Administration
Experience Required: 8-10 years.
Languages
- English
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