Azure Database Admin

We are seeking a Database Administrator to join our team to support our migration from on-prem to Azure. Responsibilities: Administer and maintain databases Azure SQL. Monitor performance, tune queries, and optimize database configurations for reliability and cost Manage backups, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery processes Implement and maintain database security, access controls, and compliance standards Partner with application and infrastructure teams on schema design, capacity planning, and troubleshooting Automate routine tasks through scripting such as PowerShell, Python, Terraform Maintain documentation and participate in on call rotation Qualifications: 5-7+ years of database administration experience Hands on experience with cloud database services in Azure Strong SQL skills and experience with performance tuning and query optimization Experience with backup, recovery, and high availability strategies Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automation a plus Cloud certification (Azure) a plus