Data Platform Administrator Azure & SQL

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The Data Platform [Azure & SQL] Administrator has hands‑on experience supporting and administering SQL Server, Microsoft Azure data services, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, data pipelines, and Power BI environments.

The ideal candidate will have an understanding of Azure data-platform architecture and MS SQL database administration and will be responsible for platform support, monitoring, troubleshooting, deployments, access management, and day‑to‑day operational activities across development, QA, and production environments. Responsibilities include monitoring and managing Azure cost and consumption, including budgets, alerts, tagging, rightsizing, and support for chargeback/showback reporting.

This is primarily a platform administration, database administration, and technical support role (not a software development position). The candidate should have an admin mindset and be comfortable working with development, infrastructure, security, and business teams.

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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

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• Administer and support on‑premises MS SQL Database, Azure data‑platform resources across development, QA, and production environments
• Administer and support on‑premises SQL databases, including database configuration, installation, upgrade, migration, security, performance, availability, and troubleshooting
• Provide support for Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, and related services
• Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, connectivity, and availability
• Troubleshoot SQL database issues including blocking, deadlocks, failed jobs, connectivity issues, permissions, and performance degradation
• Support database backup, restore, recovery, and disaster‑recovery processes
• Assist with database upgrades, migrations, patching, and environment refreshes
• Manage database users, logins, roles, permissions, and access using appropriate security practices
• Support data pipeline deployments and troubleshoot failed pipeline executions
• Deploy and manage data pipelines and related resources across environments using established deployment processes
• Support Microsoft Fabric work spaces, pipelines, lake houses, and related data‑platform components
• Support Azure Synapse Analytics environments and troubleshoot common connectivity, pipeline, and resource issues
• Manage and troubleshoot Azure Storage and Blob Storage resources
• Work with Parquet files and understand common data‑lake storage concepts
• Manage Azure Resource Groups, subscriptions, resources, and environment configurations
• Support Azure RBAC and AD roles and permissions / Microsoft Entra
• Support Power BI work spaces, datasets/semantic models, refreshes, gateways, permissions, and connectivity
• Monitor Azure resources and investigate alerts and operational issues
• Work with development teams to support application and database deployments without being responsible for application development
• Participate in production incident resolution and root‑cause analysis
• Follow established change‑management, security, release, and production‑support processes
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides
• Serve as a technical point of contact for Azure data‑platform and database‑related issues
• Any other duties assigned by leadership

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