Senior Database Administrator (SQL Server)

Company Overview

Bridgenext is a digital consulting services leader that helps clients innovate with intention and realize their digital aspirations by creating digital products, experiences, and solutions around what real people need. Our global consulting and delivery teams facilitate highly strategic digital initiatives through digital product engineering, automation, data engineering, and infrastructure modernization services, while elevating brands through digital experience, creative content, and customer data analytics services.

Don't just work, thrive. At Bridgenext, you have an opportunity to make a real difference - driving tangible business value for clients, while simultaneously propelling your own career growth. Our flexible and inclusive work culture provides you with the autonomy, resources, and opportunities to succeed.

Position Description

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Database Administrator (SQL Server).

Overview

We're seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of our on-premises Microsoft SQL Server estate, with growing exposure to Azure SQL. This is a hands-on role for a seasoned DBA who is equally comfortable tuning a stubborn query, architecting a high-availability topology, and troubleshooting the Windows Server layer beneath the database. You'll be the senior technical authority on all things SQL Server and a key partner to engineering, infrastructure, and application teams.

Responsibilities:

Database Administration & Operations

Install, configure, patch, and maintain SQL Server instances across production, staging, and development environments

Manage database security: logins, roles, permissions, encryption (TDE), and auditing

Own backup and recovery strategy, including regular restore testing and RTO/RPO validation

Manage capacity planning, storage growth, and database file/filegroup layout

Performance & Optimization

Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks using execution plans, wait statistics, DMVs, Query Store, and Extended Events

Tune indexes, statistics, and T-SQL; partner with developers to improve query and schema design

Establish and maintain performance baselines, alerting, and monitoring

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Design, implement, and maintain HA/DR solutions: Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, log shipping, and replication

Conduct failover testing and maintain documented, tested recovery procedures

Windows Systems Administration

Administer the Windows Server layer supporting SQL Server: OS patching, service accounts, disk/storage configuration, and Windows Failover Clustering

Troubleshoot at the intersection of OS, storage, network, and database

Manage Active Directory service accounts, group policy considerations, and NTFS/share permissions relevant to SQL Server

Automation & Maintenance

Automate routine administration, deployments, and monitoring using PowerShell and T-SQL (e.g., dbatools, SQL Agent jobs, Ola Hallengren's maintenance solution)

Build and maintain repeatable, documented processes for provisioning and configuration

Cloud (Azure SQL)

Administer and support Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance workloads

Assist with hybrid connectivity and on-prem-to-Azure migration efforts as the estate evolves

Required Qualifications

6+ years of hands-on SQL Server database administration in production environments

Deep expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, and index strategy

Proven experience designing and operating HA/DR solutions (Always On AGs, clustering, log shipping, replication)

Strong Windows Server administration skills, including Windows Failover Clustering, storage, and service account management

Proficiency with T-SQL and PowerShell scripting for automation

Solid understanding of backup/recovery, security, and disaster recovery best practices

Experience with SQL Server monitoring and diagnostic tooling (DMVs, Query Store, Extended Events, Profiler/traces)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance and hybrid cloud environments

Familiarity with the dbatools PowerShell module and community maintenance solutions

Experience with SSIS/SSRS/SSAS or related BI components

Exposure to CI/CD for database changes (e.g., dacpac deployments, source-controlled schema)

Relevant certifications (Microsoft SQL Server / Azure Database Administrator Associate)

Experience across multiple SQL Server versions and large or highly transactional estates

Soft Skills

Strong troubleshooting instincts and a calm, methodical approach under pressure (including on-call/incident response)

Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain database concepts to non-DBA stakeholders

Documentation discipline and a bias toward automating repetitive work

Collaborative partner to developers, infrastructure teams, and application owners

Professional Skills:

Solid written, verbal, and .