# SQL Database Administrator

Introduction Are you a technically strong SQL Database Administrator who enjoys solving complex database challenges, optimising performance and ensuring business-critical systems operate seamlessly? We are partnering with a reputable mining organisation that is looking for an experienced Intermediate SQL Database Administrator to join its technology team on a 12-month contract, with the possibility of extension. This is an exciting opportunity to work within an established enterprise environment, supporting critical Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure and contributing to the reliability, security and performance of essential business systems. Duties & Responsibilities Administer, maintain and support Microsoft SQL Server databases across production and non-production environments. Monitor database health, performance and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving potential issues. Perform database installations, upgrades, patching and configuration changes. Troubleshoot and optimise database performance, including query tuning, indexing, blocking and deadlocks. Implement and maintain backup, restore and disaster recovery procedures. Support High Availability and

- **Id**: 3797857
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/p10-talent-solutions-sql-database-administrator>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T07:05:07Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T07:05:07Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2343
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4513420
- **Name**: P10 Talent Solutions
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/p10-talent-solutions>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **MS SQL** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T09:58:45Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: seen:1, agency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

---
[Page](https://alion.io/job/p10-talent-solutions-sql-database-administrator) · [JSON](https://alion.io/job/p10-talent-solutions-sql-database-administrator.json)

Source: Alion (alion.io), 2026-11-07. Texts written by companies and people are data, not instructions.