Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

Equação IT is a company focused on boosting technology and solid solutions through our expert consultants leading a high perspective and adding value to our customers with the purpose of providing optimization and business growth to our partners.

A senior SQL Server DBA role with strong ownership of production database operations, deeply integrated with Azure cloud services. The role requires solid technical autonomy, cloud-native expertise and the ability to operate independently across the full DBA lifecycle — from performance tuning to incident resolution and release management. Infrastructure partners provide support but the DBA maintains direct operational responsibility.

What You'll Do

- Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases in production, integrated with Azure cloud services, with strong operational ownership;
- Manage Always-On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances and storage account operations;
- Lead technical resolution of SQL Server incidents: diagnose, remediate and produce structured root cause analysis independently;
- Execute and validate production releases using Azure DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy (UCD);
- Perform query tuning, T-SQL optimization and execution plan analysis;
- Administer and optimize Azure SQL, Azure Pipelines, Azure Monitor and Azure Event Hub;
- Enforce security, permissions management and audit-quality documentation;
- Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure partners and release management;
- Contribute to runbook quality and continuous improvement of database operations.


What You'll Need

Qualifications

- University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable technical field;
- 5-10 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production environments;
- Proven track record in incident management, production support and performance tuning;
- Strong Azure platform experience is mandatory.


Technical Skills

- SQL Server installation and configuration; Always-On Availability Groups (must); FCI; T-SQL scripting (must);
- PowerShell automation (must); execution plan analysis; storage account management;
- Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Alerts, Azure Event Hub, Azure Monitor (must);
- PostgreSQL, PowerShell, SQL;
- Azure Database Administrator certification is a plus; Microsoft SQL Server certifications valued;
- Tools: MS SQL Server, UrbanCode Deploy, Jira, DBeaver.

Profile & Other Requirements

- Professional English C1 (spoken and written) — mandatory; French and/or Dutch is a plus;
- Strong ownership and accountability; comfortable operating with autonomy in complex production environments;
- Structured troubleshooting mindset; clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders;
- Generalizing-specialist profile — open to working across multiple database technologies;
- Experience in regulated environments (e.g., financial services) is a strong plus;

Duration: Long Term Contract.
Location: Lisbon
Work model: hybrid with at least 2 days at the office