Database Administration

As an experienced MS SQL DBA with 8+ years of hands-on experience, including SQL Server Replication in production environments, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining MS SQL Server environments in GCP/AWS/Azure. Your focus will be on ensuring performance, availability, and reliability. Key responsibilities include: - Configuring and managing SQL Server Replication (transactional, merge, peer-to-peer) for high availability and disaster recovery. - Automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Puppet. - Building and managing CI/CD pipelines for database and infrastructure deployments using Jenkins. - Performing cost analysis of GCP resources and providing cost-saving recommendations. - Evaluating security configurations, performing availability assessments, and aligning infrastructure with best practices and compliance standards. - Implementing monitoring and alerting using tools such as Datadog, GCP Monitoring, and other observability tools. - Managing and troubleshooting Windows and Linux servers supporting SQL and infrastructure workloads. - Ensuring secure and optimized networking including VPC, firewall rules, routing, and private connectivity. - Following ITIL processes for incident, change, and problem management. - Participating in on-call rotations and production support escalation handling. The expertise you bring to this role includes: - Strong experience with GCP/AWS/Azure services. - Proficiency with Terraform, Puppet, and Jenkins in cloud infrastructure workflows. - Experience with Datadog for dashboarding, alerting, log analytics, and APM. - Ability to conduct GCP cost optimization and service comparison analysis. - Strong knowledge of cloud security principles, IAM roles, and availability architectures. - Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, and Aerospike from a support and integration standpoint. - Expertise in Windows and Linux OS administration. - Experience managing networking in cloud environments including DNS, VPNs, and load balancing. - Understanding of ITIL-based practices and operations management frameworks. In addition to the technical aspects of the role, you will have the opportunity to work in a values-driven, people-centric, and inclusive work environment at Persistent Ltd. The company is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace, supporting hybrid work and flexible hours, and providing an accessibility-friendly office environment. Persistent Ltd. offers a competitive salary and benefits package, along with a culture focused on talent development, employee engagement initiatives, annual health check-ups, and insurance coverage for self, spouse, children, and parents. If you are looking to work with cutting-edge technologies and unleash your full potential, consider joining Persistent - persistent.com/careers. Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.,