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Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!

Senior Azure SQL DBA – SQL Server, Performance Tuning & Cloud Database Administration

Montreal, QC, Canada

Full-time

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Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Nov 26, 2026
Experience: 8–14 years of relevant database administration experience, with strong L3 MSSQL and Azure DBA expertise.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 27, 2026

Original job description

Senior Azure SQL DBA – SQL Server, Performance Tuning & Cloud Database Administration

Your Responsibilities

Administer and support SQL Server across on-premises, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
Lead performance diagnostics and tuning using Query Store, execution plans, Dynamic Management Views, Extended Events, wait statistics, PerfMon, SQL Profiler, and Azure monitoring.
Optimize complex T-SQL, stored procedures, indexing, statistics, partitioning, memory, TempDB, parallelism, locking, blocking, deadlocks, CPU, storage I/O, and transaction logs.
Detect query-plan regressions and workload bottlenecks, establish performance baselines and capacity forecasts, and validate measurable improvements.
Govern Azure SQL automatic tuning and Database Advisor recommendations, including production safeguards and rollback readiness.
Design and support high availability and disaster recovery using Always On availability groups, failover groups, clustering, replication, log shipping, backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery.
Plan and execute database migrations, upgrades, patching, consolidation, modernization, and cloud adoption with minimal disruption.
Manage Azure SQL service tiers, elastic pools, scaling, geo-replication, private connectivity, firewall rules, and cost-performance optimization.
Implement least-privilege access, Microsoft Entra authentication, managed identities, encryption, auditing, vulnerability remediation, secrets management, and compliance controls.
Automate provisioning, configuration, health checks, maintenance, backup validation, and reporting with PowerShell, T-SQL, Azure CLI, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Own P1/P2 incidents, outages, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, vendor escalations, and stakeholder communications.
Maintain standards, runbooks, recovery procedures, dashboards, and knowledge articles; mentor L1/L2 teams and support change and release readiness.

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Essential Skills/Knowledge/Experience

8–14 years of relevant database administration experience, with strong L3 MSSQL and Azure DBA expertise.
Advanced hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
Deep knowledge of Query Store, performance monitoring, execution

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Responsibilities

Administer SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, diagnose and tune performance, manage high availability and disaster recovery, and lead database migrations, upgrades, and cloud adoption. Secure and automate database operations, optimize Azure costs and capacity, resolve critical incidents, and maintain operational documentation while mentoring support teams.

Requirements

Requires 8–14 years of relevant database administration experience, with strong L3 Microsoft SQL Server and Azure DBA expertise. Candidates need advanced hands-on experience with SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, along with deep performance monitoring and tuning knowledge.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server Administration
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Performance Tuning
Query Store
T-SQL
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Database Migration
Azure Monitoring
PowerShell
Azure CLI
Infrastructure as Code
Database Security
Incident Management
Capacity Planning

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Keywords

Microsoft SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Query Store
Execution Plans
Dynamic Management Views
Extended Events
Wait Statistics
PerfMon
SQL Profiler
T-SQL
Stored Procedures
Indexing
Partitioning
TempDB
Always On Availability Groups
Failover Groups
Clustering
Replication
Log Shipping
Point-in-Time Recovery
Geo-Replication
Microsoft Entra Authentication
Managed Identities
PowerShell
Azure CLI
Infrastructure as Code
Performance Tuning
Disaster Recovery

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