MSSQL DBA

Duration: Full Time position

Location: Montreal, QC-Hybrid

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

- 8–14 years of relevant database administration experience, with strong L3 MSSQL and Azure DBA expertise.
- Advanced hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
- Deep knowledge of Query Store, performance monitoring, execution-plan analysis, T-SQL optimization, indexing, blocking, deadlocks, and capacity management.
- Proven experience with Always On, replication, clustering, backup and recovery, database migrations, upgrades, and patching.
- Automation capability using PowerShell, T-SQL, Azure CLI, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Robust production incident, outage, root-cause analysis, change management, and stakeholder communication experience.




- Graduate degree or equivalent education.
- Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
- Experience with Azure SQL automatic tuning, Database Advisor, elastic pools, geo-replication, and cost optimization.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Entra authentication, managed identities, encryption, auditing, vulnerability remediation, and compliance evidence.
- Ability to mentor support teams, improve runbooks, and reduce recurring incidents through preventive engineering and automation.
- Good communication skills and experience working through major outage situations.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Montréal, QC (Montréal)

📌 MSSQL DBA (Montreal)
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