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

Job in Montreal, Montréal, Province de Québec, Canada
Listing for: Astra North Infoteck Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-28
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Database Administrator, Azure, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Disaster Recovery IT
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Azure SQL DBA – SQL Server, Performance Tuning & Cloud Database Administration
Location: Montreal

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, Perf Mon, 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 Power Shell, 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.

Your Profile

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

Requirements
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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