Senior SQL Server DBA

Role description and responsibilities
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.

• 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 optimisation and execution plan analysis

• Administer and optimise 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
Requirements

• 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

• SQL Server installation and configuration

• Always-On Availability Groups (must)

• Failover Cluster Instances (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

• Tools: MS SQL Server, UrbanCode Deploy, Jira, DBeaver

• Professional English C1 (spoken and written) — mandatory

• 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

• Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space nationality to legally work in Portugal

• Lisbon/Portugal-based — hybrid working model
Nice to have

• Azure Database Administrator certification is a plus

• Microsoft SQL Server certifications valued

• French and/or Dutch is a plus

• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., financial services) is a strong plus

Perks

• Company Car (level 9 and above);

• 3000€ expenses (level 7 - Manager)

• Annual bonus (level 9 - 5% / level 8 - 6% / level 7 - 23%)

• +12 vacation days (compensation days)

• Health insurance;

• Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;

• Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);

• Wellness programs;

• Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health);

• Employee Share Purchase Plan;

• Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms;

• Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities);

• Special banking conditions;

• Hybrid working model.

Source: Landing.jobs (https://landing.jobs/at/accenture-pt/senior-sql-server-dba)