MS SQL Server Database Admin (Banking)

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Company

hirify.global Hubs Romania provides software development, data management, risk, compliance, audit, and retail operations services to hirify.global units worldwide. The role supports Bank Mendes Gans (BMG), hirify.global’s specialized wholesale bankhirify.global subsidiary focused on cash management, liquidity management, and transaction bankhirify.global solutions.

What you will do

• Own SQL Server environments across installation, configuration, patchhirify.global, upgrades, monitorhirify.global, troubleshoothirify.global, and lifecycle management.
• Improve database reliability and performance through capacity management, query optimization, profilhirify.global, and performance tunhirify.global.
• Manage controlled, traceable database changes and integrate them into CI/CD deployments ushirify.global Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Monitor production services, investigate incidents, lead root-cause analysis, and participate in on-call and production support rotations where required.
• Strengthen security, compliance, backup, restore, recovery, observability, alerthirify.global, and operational resilience.
• Partner with engineerhirify.global, infrastructure, architecture, and security teams while providhirify.global DBA guidance, documentation, automation, and reusable practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a SQL database administrator.
• Strong experience administerhirify.global Microsoft SQL Server and fine-tunhirify.global database models and data-intensive operations.
• Strong experience implementhirify.global high-availability database environments, such as MS SQL Server Always-On.
• Hands-on proficiency in T-SQL, includhirify.global writhirify.global, analyzhirify.global, and optimizhirify.global queries and stored procedures, interprethirify.global execution plans, and troubleshoothirify.global query performance.
• Strong knowledge of scripthirify.global and automation with PowerShell.
• Good knowledge of source control, CI/CD, and documentation tools, includhirify.global Azure DevOps, Git, and Confluence; ability to define CI/CD pipelines and manage DevOps activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with schedulhirify.global tools, database profilhirify.global, and exposhirify.global meanhirify.globalful metrics for monitorhirify.global and alerthirify.global with tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Proven experience in a DevOps team, includhirify.global ownhirify.global, implementhirify.global, and managhirify.global applications in scope; strong analytical, critical-thinkhirify.global, problem-solvhirify.global, and initiative-takhirify.global abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work in a cross-border international team.
• Completed Bachelor’s or Master’s education with a strong analytical background in Computer Science, Cybernetics, Software Engineerhirify.global, Financial Engineerhirify.global, or an equivalent field.
• Advanced English is required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the Elastic Stack and queryhirify.global logs.
• Experience or affinity with IT security concepts.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible workhirify.global approach and a highly collaborative environment with fair, constructive feedback.
• Opportunity to work on secure, resilient database platforms supporthirify.global global treasury and transaction bankhirify.global services.
• Focus on continuous learnhirify.global and improvement across SQL Server, automation, DevOps, and AI-assisted engineerhirify.global.
• Inclusive culture supporthirify.global diversity, equity, belonghirify.global, development, and meanhirify.globalful impact.