[Hiring] Database Administrator @Brillio

Role Description

This position involves managing mission-critical workloads, ensuring data security and compliance, and implementing scalable solutions for both OLTP and analytical environments. The Senior DBA will play a key role in database upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery, automation, performance tuning, and incident/change management, aligning with ITIL best practices and enterprise governance standards.

This role requires strong hands-on experience in hybrid infrastructure, including on-premises SQL Server environments and cloud-native services, with a focus on reliability, automation, and cost optimization. Will work closely with application teams, cloud engineers, data engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to support database operations across development, non-production, and production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support SQL Server databases across on-premises and Azure IaaS (VM) environments, including installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades (2017–2022).
• Manage Azure SQL PaaS offerings, including Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
• Design, implement, and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions such as: Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Azure SQL Failover Groups.
• Perform database upgrades and migrations, including: SQL Server version upgrades, Azure SQL (IaaS & PaaS) migrations, Cross platform data migrations as required.
• Monitor database performance and proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks (CPU, memory, I/O).
• Implement and enforce security best practices, including role-based access control, encryption (TDE).
• Execute and validate backup, restore, point in time recovery, and disaster recovery drills across platforms.
• Monitor and tune database performance using execution plans, indexing strategies, statistics management, and platform metrics.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and infrastructure teams for database design and integration.
• Automate routine DBA tasks using scripts (PowerShell, T-SQL, Python, etc.).
• Support cloud database platforms (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Snowflake, etc.).
• Participate in incident, problem, change, and release management processes, ensuring SLA adherence and proper documentation.
• Maintain accurate database documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.
• Administer Snowflake data warehouse environments, including user management, performance optimization, data loading, and cost monitoring.
• Support Azure Cosmos DB, including account configuration, throughput management, monitoring, and availability.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• Strong experience with SQL Server (2017–2022+) and Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• Expertise in performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Experience with HA/DR solutions (Always On, clustering, log shipping, replication).
• Knowledge of backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong understanding of database security and encryption techniques.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Working knowledge of Snowflake architecture, administration, and cost management.
• Experience managing or supporting Azure Cosmos DB (Core SQL API preferred).
• Experience operating in ITIL aligned environments for incident, change, and problem management.
• Exposure to DevOps / CI CD practices for database deployments is a plus.

Benefits

• We value your time and lifestyle preferences, so you can choose whether you want to work entirely remotely or from our offices in Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, and Bucharest.
• Access to learning through our internal platform - Percipio.
• Private health insurance is provided by Medicover.
• Work from home fixed monthly budget.
• A monthly budget you can use to purchase flexible benefits through the Edenred Benefit platform.
• Sports benefit: We encourage you to have a healthy lifestyle. We'll reimburse you within budget for your favorite sporting activity: whether it's football, climbing, gym, or other sports.