Data Analyst – Expert DBA
Tagline: Are you an experienced Data Analyst ready to optimize large-scale Azure SQL environments? Apply Now!
Working with one of our top financial clients, this role calls for a Data Analyst – Expert DBA. This position involves managing and optimizing performance of large-scale Azure SQL databases within a high-demand enterprise banking environment, focusing on ensuring stability, efficiency, and scalability of critical data platforms.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze database performance using Query Store and execution plans
- Diagnose and resolve complex query and workload performance issues
- Tune queries and address resource bottlenecks to improve database efficiency
- Collaborate with development teams to optimize application-database interactions
- Perform capacity planning and develop scaling strategies for large databases (40TB+)
- Conduct root cause analysis for critical incidents and system outages
- Manage and tune Azure SQL PaaS components, including Hyperscale architecture and resource models (DTU/vCore)
- Implement best practices for performance tuning, stability, and scalability
- Assist with troubleshooting high resource contention and optimizing workload performance
- Support database security measures and compliance standards as needed
Desired Skill-Set
- 10+ years of experience as a Senior/Expert DBA in Azure SQL environments
- Proven expertise managing very large databases (40TB+)
- Extensive experience in Azure SQL PaaS performance tuning and optimization
- Deep understanding of query plan regressions, parameter sniffing, cardinality estimation issues, query timeouts, blocking, and deadlocks
- Hands-on experience with Query Store and execution plan analysis
- Strong T-SQL performance tuning skills
- Knowledge of indexes, statistics, and recompilation strategies
- Experience with DTU/vCore models, Hyperscale architecture, and scaling strategies
- Troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for production incidents
- Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights (Nice to Have)
- Understanding of Azure SQL security features (auditing, threat detection, managed identities) (Nice to Have)
- Experience with disaster recovery and geo-replication strategies (Nice to Have)
- Exposure to Dynatrace for performance monitoring (Nice to Have)
- Excellent communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and collaboration skills
BeachHead is an equal opportunity agency and employer. We advocate for our candidates and welcome applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, age, or physical or mental disability. BeachHead or our clients may use technology-enabled tools, including automation and artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of the recruitment process such as resume screening, application management, and candidate matching. These tools assist our recruiters and our clients, and do not replace human decision-making. This job posting represents a current or anticipated vacancy. The position may be filled at any time, and the posting may be removed without notice once the role has been filled.