Role summary
Database SRE who is hands-on with MSSQL on Azure and can also front-end the customer, manage stakeholders, and coordinate closely with the offshore delivery team.
Key responsibilities
• Own MSSQL databases on Azure (stability, performance, availability)
• Troubleshoot and tune queries, jobs, indexing, and resource usage
• Handle backups, restores, HA/DR, and DB maintenance
• Support releases/hotfixes involving DB schema and data
• Act as primary technical contact for the customer on DB/SRE topics
• Coordinate with offshore team on priorities, task closure, and incident follow-ups
• Lead incident calls, RCAs, and provide clear status/risk updates
• Mentor offshore engineers and enforce standards/best practices
Required skills
• 8+ years in MS SQL–centric roles (DBA / Production Support / SRE) in 24×7 environments
• Strong MSSQL (2016+): T-SQL, performance tuning, jobs, stored procs, HA/DR
• Solid experience running SQL workloads on Azure
• Good understanding of Windows Server
• Proven customer-facing experience and offshore coordination
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
Nice to have
• Exposure to .NET/ASP.NET apps
