This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Microsoft Windows SQL Server DBA based in Spain.
This senior-level role offers the opportunity to take ownership of enterprise database environments supporting mission-critical applications.
You will serve as a technical authority for Microsoft SQL Server, combining database administration with application performance engineering.
Your work will span architecture, optimization, high availability, disaster recovery, security, capacity planning, and automation.
You will partner closely with developers, infrastructure architects, and business stakeholders to ensure reliable and efficient database platforms.
As a key escalation point, you will lead responses to critical incidents and drive root-cause analysis and long-term improvements.
The role also provides an opportunity to mentor other database professionals and establish strong operational standards and practices.
You will play a central role in maintaining secure, resilient,



and high-performing database infrastructure in a complex enterprise environment.
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Accountabilities
Architect, install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and 2025 instances, as well as Azure SQL Database, across complex multi-server Windows environments.
Lead end-to-end application performance engineering by analyzing execution plans, identifying problematic queries, and partnering with development teams on code- and schema-level optimizations.
Proactively monitor database and application performance using Extended Events, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), Wait Statistics, Query Store, and relevant third-party monitoring tools.
Establish performance baselines and service-level agreement (SLA)-aligned alerting thresholds to proactively identify and address issues.
Design, implement, and regularly test backup and recovery strategies while owning Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point

📌 Senior Microsoft Windows SQL Server DBA (España)
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📍 España