Job Description

Job Description

Technical Lead
- SQL DBA Full Time Vancouver, BC Roles and

Responsibilities:
The person will be responsible for leading Microsoft SQL Server database administration, production support, operational governance and database service delivery for the Database tower.

The role requires robust hands-on SQL DBA expertise, technical leadership, troubleshooting capability, database availability management, performance tuning, backup and recovery governance, and coordination with application, infrastructure, security, compliance and vendor teams. Key Accountabilities: " Lead end-to-end SQL Server DBA operations, technical delivery and L2/L3 support for Microsoft SQL Server databases in the database management scope. " Administer SQL Server environments including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migrations, cloning, database refresh, SQL Agent jobs, storage planning and capacity management. " Manage high availability and disaster recovery technologies such as Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, log shipping, replication and database mirroring where applicable. " Plan, validate and support backup and recovery operations including full, differential and transaction log backups, restore testing, point-in-time recovery and DR exercise support. " Monitor database health, availability, performance, space, jobs, alerts, wait statistics, blocking, deadlocks and logs using SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Agent, DMVs or monitoring platforms. " Analyze and tune SQL Server performance using execution plans, index tuning, statistics maintenance, query optimization, wait analysis, memory/CPU/I/O trend analysis and workload reviews. " Support security, access management, SQL logins/users/roles, auditing, encryption awareness,



vulnerability remediation and compliance controls for SQL Server databases. " Troubleshoot production incidents such as database availability issues, backup failures, transaction log growth, storage/disk capacity issues, SQL Agent job failures, application connectivity issues and authentication problems. " Coordinate with application teams, infrastructure teams, backup teams, Windows/Unix teams, security teams, vendors and customer stakeholders for incident and change resolution. " Lead technical reviews, guide DBA team members, perform peer reviews, support task allocation and ensure adherence to standards, SOPs and SLA commitments. " Participate in incident, problem, service request, change, release and knowledge management processes using client-approved service management tools. " Prepare and maintain runbooks, SOPs, architecture notes, implementation plans, deployment steps, DR test evidence, RCA documents, release notes and knowledge articles.

Experience required: Good communication skills with ability to work with customer stakeholders, application owners, infrastructure teams, security teams, DBAs and delivery leadership. " Minimum 10-15 years of IT experience with strong hands-on Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience in production support and enterprise database administration. " Strong experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022 or later, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Agent, Always On Availability Groups,



Failover Clustering and backup/recovery. " Experience in SQL Server installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, database refresh, backup/recovery, performance tuning and operational monitoring. " Experience in Windows Server environments including service management, event log review, filesystem checks, permissions, PowerShell scripting and deployment support. " Experience supporting mission-critical databases with high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring and 24x7 production support practices. " Experience with T-SQL troubleshooting, execution plans, index tuning, statistics, wait events, deadlocks, blocking, query store and database resource management. " Experience with database security, access controls, auditing, vulnerability remediation and compliance-driven operational controls is preferred. " Experience with SQL Server backup tools and enterprise backup platforms such as CommVault is preferred. " Experience in utility, regulated infrastructure, NERC CIP-adjacent systems, SaaS/cloud readiness or managed services environments is preferred. " Ability to lead a technical DBA team, guide junior resources, review deliverables and deliver tasks as per agreed SLAs and timelines.

Technical Skills " Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration: SQL Server 2016/2019/2022 or later, installation, configuration, upgrade, patching, migration, cloning and refresh. " Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, log shipping, replication, database mirroring, high availability and disaster recovery support. " SQL Server backup and recovery, transaction log management, restore/recovery testing, point-in-time recovery and DR exercise support. " SQL Server Manageme

📌 Technical Lead (Vancouver)
🏢 Epsilon Solutions
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