Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA / Database Engineer to join a technology operations environment focused on the stability, performance, scalability, and security of enterprise database platforms.

This role is adecuado for someone who enjoys working across both continuous improvement and project-based initiatives, contributing to the evolution of a critical SQL Server estate. You will act as a key technical reference for database administration, resilience, performance optimization, and operational best practices, while collaborating closely with infrastructure, architecture, engineering, and broader IT teams.

What you will do

- Administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments across the enterprise estate.
- Define and promote database standards, governance, and best practices across the organization.
- Contribute to the design of data architectures, including data integration approaches, schema development, data quality, storage decisions, and performance considerations.
- Install, configure, patch, and manage SQL Server and related database products.
- Own and improve backup,



recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure operational continuity.
- Implement and maintain database security controls in line with enterprise and regulatory requirements.
- Drive performance tuning, query optimization, archiving, and broader data lifecycle management.
- Act as an SME on SQL scalability and advanced data storage topics, planning and executing enhancement initiatives.
- Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) for new services during the design phase.
- Participate in technical design discussions and represent operational and platform considerations.
- Support low-level solution design for new products and technology implementations.
- Provide troubleshooting, consulting, and technical support to development and wider IT teams.
- Improve legacy database environments through analysis, modernization, and operational refinement.
- Share knowledge with the wider infrastructure team through documentation, technical overviews, and collaborative support.

📌 Senior Database Administrator (Málaga)
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