Senior Azure SQL DBA

Job Description

Senior MS Azure SQL DBA

About Stavtar

Stavtar is a software and technology services company with employees in New York, Bengaluru and Mumbai. Stavtar was founded by Financial and Technology professionals to solve some of the most challenging issues they faced while running Hedge Funds, Private Equity operations and Investment Banking Industries. Our Product, StavPay is currently used by alternative asset managers with over $500B of assets under management and is growing quickly.

About This Role

We're looking for a dynamic, people-oriented, highly analytical person to join our development team in Bangalore or Mumbai. You will be a part of the Product Development Team responsible for building the Web Services layer of our SaaS Platform.

Key Responsibilities
• Managing and monitoring Azure SQL databases and instances.
• Creating, configuring, and maintaining backups and disaster recovery plans.
• Tuning performance and optimizing query execution.
• Managing security, including creating and managing users, roles, and permissions.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting any issues that arise with the databases.
• Managing and implementing high availability and scalability solutions.
• Keeping the databases and associated components up to date with the latest service

packs, security updates, and hotfixes.
• Managing and monitoring the use of resources and costs associated with the databases.
• Collaborating with other teams, such as development and operations, to ensure the

databases meet the needs of the organization.

Required Competences- Must Have Skills
• B.E. Degree or equivalent experience (4-10Years)
• Strong experience with Azure SQL Database, including administration, management, and

optimization.
• Experience with Azure SQL Database security, including Azure Active Directory and Azure

SQL Database firewall.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server, including database design, performance tuning,

troubleshooting and SQL query optimization.
• Experience with Azure Backup, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data

Warehouse, and Azure Stream Analytics.
• Strong understanding of Cloud architecture and deployment models.
• Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Azure SQL Database using Azure

Monitor and Azure Log Analytics.
• Strong experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Azure PowerShell.
• Strong experience with disaster recovery and high availability for Azure SQL Database.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for database deployment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with development and operations

teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or

equivalent work experience.
• Microsoft Azure Certification(s) in SQL Database Administration is a plus.

Expertise Competences- Good To Have Skills

Work Location Bangalore/ Mumbai

Working Hours 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST or 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST (as per the US daylight

saving schedule