* Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
* 8+ years of experience with Windows system administration
* 5+ years of database administration experience in an enterprise environment
* 3+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server
* 3+ years of experience designing and testing HA/DR configurations for production database systems
* 3+ years using Terraform to provision and manage cloud database services
* Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database
* Experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and index design
* Experience applying AI/ML tools to database performance optimization, anomaly detection, or query analysis (required)
* Proficiency with Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud database infrastructure (required).