Senior Azure Cloud DBA Engineer – Azure SQL & Cosmos DB
Digital
Infrastructure
Bachelor
- Location
- Brussels, Brussels-Capital
- Work type
- Consultancy
- Work model
- Fulltime, Hybrid
Our client, a leading organization in the insurance sector, is seeking a specialist to modernize and industrialize their cloud database platforms. This role involves designing, automating, and securing enterprise-grade database services in Azure while transitioning traditional practices toward a cloud-native engineering model.
Responsibilities
- Design and deploy enterprise-grade database services within cloud landing zones, focusing on networking, security, and high availability.
- Establish governance and data modeling standards for CosmosDB and NoSQL environments.
- Industrialize data refresh, masking, and scrambling solutions to ensure data privacy and compliance across platforms.
- Develop and maintain reusable deployment frameworks using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
- Perform performance analysis, troubleshooting, and capacity planning using advanced monitoring tools.
- Provide technical leadership and coaching to team members while ensuring operational excellence.
Requirements
- You possess 8+ years of experience in database administration with SQL Server and T-SQL.
- You bring 5+ years of cloud database engineering experience focusing on Azure SQL Database and Cosmos DB.
- You possess 5+ years designing and deploying infrastructure using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Azure DevOps.
- You have experience with cloud platform components including Azure Landing Zones, Private Endpoints, and Managed Identities.
- You bring proven expertise in performance troubleshooting using Azure Monitor, Query Store, and Extended Events.
- You possess strong knowledge of Azure KeyVault, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery strategies.
- You're a technical leader with a proactive, solution-oriented attitude and strong collaboration skills.
- You have a good command of English combined with a good knowledge of Dutch or French.
Nice to Haves
- Experience in highly regulated environments and building database governance frameworks.
- Knowledge of SQL Managed Instance, Azure Functions, or AKS.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, SQL Sentry, or Redgate.
- Experience with data modeling tools like Erwin or Azure Purview.
- Understanding of TOGAF or Archimate frameworks.
Offer
- Start date: 01/2027
- Duration: 12 months (extension possible)
- Location: Brussels
- Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers
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