Accenture Digital Core
At Accenture Digital Core, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions.
A senior SQL Server DBA role with strong ownership of production database operations, deeply integrated with Azure cloud services. The role requires solid technical autonomy, cloud-native expertise and the ability to operate independently across the full DBA lifecycle — from performance tuning to incident resolution and release management. Infrastructure partners provide support but the DBA maintains direct operational responsibility.
What You'll Do
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Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases in production, integrated with Azure cloud services, with strong operational ownership;
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Manage Always-On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances and storage account operations;
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Lead technical resolution of SQL Server incidents: diagnose, remediate and produce structured root cause analysis independently;
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Execute and validate production releases using Azure DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy (UCD);
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Perform query tuning, T-SQL optimisation and execution plan analysis;
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Administer and optimise Azure SQL, Azure Pipelines, Azure Monitor and Azure Event Hub;
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Enforce security, permissions management and audit-quality documentation;
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Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure partners and release management;
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Contribute to runbook quality and continuous improvement of database operations.
Qualifications
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University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable technical field;
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5-10 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production environments;
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Proven track record in incident management, production support and performance tuning;
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Strong Azure platform experience is mandatory.
Technical Skills
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SQL Server installation and configuration; Always-On Availability Groups (must); FCI; T-SQL scripting (must);
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PowerShell automation (must); execution plan analysis; storage account management;
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Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Alerts, Azure Event Hub, Azure Monitor (must);
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PostgreSQL, PowerShell, SQL;
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Azure Database Administrator certification is a plus; Microsoft SQL Server certifications valued;
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Tools: MS SQL Server, UrbanCode Deploy, Jira, DBeaver.
Profile & Other Requirements
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Professional English C1 (spoken and written) — mandatory; French and/or Dutch is a plus;
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Strong ownership and accountability; comfortable operating with autonomy in complex production environments;
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Structured troubleshooting mindset; clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders;
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Generalizing-specialist profile — open to working across multiple database technologies;
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Experience in regulated environments (e.g., financial services) is a strong plus;
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Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space nationality to legally work in Portugal;
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Lisbon/Portugal-based — hybrid working model.
Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal
What We Offer
- Health insurance;
- Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;
- Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);
- Wellness programs;
- Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health);
- Employee Share Purchase Plan;
- Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms;
- Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities);
- Special banking conditions;
- Hybrid working model.
