Database Administrator

Job Description & Summary

As part of PwC Cloud Infrastructure and Application team, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, security, and reliability of the firm's database platforms across our cloud environments.

You will play a key role in the performance, security, automation, and lifecycle management of SQL Server and cloud-based database platforms, ensuring reliable, scalable, and resilient services that support business-critical applications. Working closely with architects, engineers, developers, security specialists, and business stakeholders, you will deliver and continuously enhance data platform capabilities, drive operational excellence through automation and process improvement, and ensure adherence to governance, compliance and operational standards across the database environment.

Key responsabilities

-Administer, maintain and support SQL Server cloud-based database platforms to ensure high availability, performance, security, and reliability.

- Monitor database health, capacity and performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues to minimize service disruptions.

- Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing and workload analysis to ensure efficient resource utilization.

- Implement and maintain backup, recovery, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions in line with organizational requirements.

- Manage database security, access controls, encryption and auditing configurations to meet governance and compliance standards.

- Automate routine database administration tasks and operational processes using scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices.

- Perform database upgrades, migrations, patching and lifecycle management activities with minimal business impact.

- Participate in incident, problem and change management processes, providing expert support for production systems.

- Collaborate with architects, engineers, and security specialists to design and continuously improve database platform services and standards. Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and best practices to enhance the efficiency, resilience, and security of database services. Develop and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and technical standards for database environments.

Required skills

- Strong knowledge of Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Virtual Machines and related cloud database services.

- Expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting complex database issues.

- Experience with high availability, disaster recovery (AlwaysOn), backup and recovery solutions for SQL Server and cloud-based database platforms.

- Strong understanding of database security principles, including access management, encryption, auditing and compliance controls.

- Experience with database monitoring, capacity planning and proactive performance management.

- Proficiency in T-SQL development, scripting, and automation using PowerShell and other automation tools.

- Experience with database migrations, upgrades, patch management, and lifecycle management activities.

Preferred skills

- Familiarity with DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and source control platforms such as Git.

- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation practices, including tools such as Terraform or similar technologies.

Soft skills (incl. language)

- You are fluent (written and spoken) in English.

- You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.

- You have a strong positive, service-oriented attitude and team-working ability.

- You communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Educational qualifications (incl. certificates)

- You have a higher education degree (BSc and/or MSc) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

- AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals

- DP-300 Azure Database Administrator Associate

- Terraform (nice to have)

- AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate (nice to have)

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