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. 

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

Must Have Skills:

• 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)
• 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

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

Professional Skills:

• Solid written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Strong team and individual player
• Maintains composure during all types of situations and is collaborative by nature
• High standards of professionalism, consistently producing high quality results
• Self-sufficient, independent requiring very little supervision or intervention
• Demonstrate flexibility and openness to bring creative solutions to address issues

Bridgenext is an Equal Opportunity Employer