Database Administrator

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🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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Expleo Group

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1966

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Defense • Logistics

Expleo Group is a global engineering, technology, and consulting service provider that partners with leading organizations to guide them through business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses. With over 50 years of experience in developing complex products, optimizing manufacturing processes, and ensuring quality, Expleo leverages deep sector knowledge and expertise in AI, digitalization, and cybersecurity to fast-track innovation across the value chain. The organization operates in 29 countries, supported by 18,000 skilled experts dedicated to delivering high-value solutions while committing to integrity and sustainability.

📋 Description

• Provide full administration of SQL Server across on-premises VMware and Azure Cloud environments • Install, configure, patch and maintain SQL Server instances and databases • Automate repetitive database administration work • Develop, review and optimise stored procedures, queries and indexes and resolve performance issues • Manage backup, restore, security, access controls and database health • Act as a technical escalation point and work with vendors on complex issues • Complete morning production checks covering system health, overnight jobs, monitoring and alerts • Monitor database platforms using Redgate SQL Monitor and Azure Monitor and refine alerting thresholds • Participate in daily cross-team stand-ups and track work through Azure DevOps boards • Handle ITSM incidents, BAU tasks and service requests through delivery • Own incidents as DRI, including triage, resolution, root-cause analysis and blameless post-mortems • Automate alert management and resolve database incidents through closure • Raise, document and implement changes under client governance, including presenting at CAB • Apply data protection controls for PII data and participate in DPIA processes • Communicate with technical and business stakeholders throughout incidents and changes • Remove repetitive toil using PowerShell/dbatools, T-SQL, SQL Agent/Elastic Jobs and ADO pipelines • Build runbooks and self-healing remediation for recurring alerts • Integrate database changes into CI/CD using Redgate or SSDT with release validation • Support project work alongside BAU and contribute to the client change portfolio and roadmap • Support Dynamics case and claims data flows using Azure Data Factory pipelines • Assist with Azure Synapse, ETL and batch processing • Advise on reliability, cost and security for database workloads, including VMware-to-Azure migrations • Apply least-privilege, auditing and encryption standards • Maintain documentation, runbooks, procedures and provisioning records in Confluence

🎯 Requirements

• Strong, hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA covering administration, configuration and performance tuning • SQL Server experience in VMware-virtualised and Azure Cloud environments, including Azure SQL or SQL on Azure VMs • HA/DR expertise with Always On AGs, FCIs, log shipping, geo-replication, and backup/restore testing • Practical understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs/SLOs, toil reduction, RCA and post-incident review • Good T-SQL skills, including writing, troubleshooting and optimising stored procedures • Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell/dbatools, T-SQL and Python • Experience with ITSM processes, including incident, service request and change management and CAB • Experience with Azure DevOps boards for task tracking and delivery • Good documentation skills, such as Confluence • Excellent communication skills with technical and business stakeholders • Experience handling sensitive or PII data and following GDPR and DPIA controls • Desired: Redgate tooling, Azure Monitor and Log Analytics • Desired: Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics and ETL/batch experience • Desired: Microsoft Dynamics data flows and integrations • Desired: Database CI/CD with ADO pipelines and Infrastructure as Code exposure using Bicep/Terraform • Desired: Azure cost optimisation and FinOps for data platforms • Desired certifications: Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300), Azure Administrator (AZ-104), VMware VCP, ITIL Foundation or SRE Foundation

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote workplace • Permanent employment • Access to global and pan-European technological centres and best-shoring capabilities • Professional collaboration with global engineering, technology and consulting teams