The Client Our client is one of
Australia’s largest and fastest-growing national retailers, managing a massive, high-concurrency data estate that powers hundreds of physical locations and a sophisticated e-commerce platform. They are currently undergoing a major technological shift, moving away from legacy infrastructure toward a modern, high-availability Azure cloud environment.
The Project: "Rescue, Refine & Relocate This is a high-impact, project-based contract for a "heavyweight" SQL specialist. You will be tasked with auditing the current environment, identifying critical vulnerabilities, and leading the technical execution of a large-scale migration to the cloud.
The Mission
Architectural Audit:
Perform a deep-dive "health check" on the current SQL estate to identify and rectify performance bottlenecks (e.g., TempDB contention, locking/blocking).
HA/DR Uplift:
Evaluate, refine, and stress-test
AlwaysOn Availability Groups
to ensure 100% business continuity for a 24/7 retail operation.
Azure Migration:
Act as the technical lead for transitioning complex on-premise workloads to
Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) .
Automation:
Build and deploy
PowerShell
scripts to automate patching, monitoring, and environment scaling.
Technical Leadership:
Serve as the senior point of escalation and provide high-level mentoring to the internal database team to ensure a seamless knowledge transfer.
Your Profile We are looking for a
Principal-level DBA
who has "seen it all" and thrives in high-pressure, high-volume environments.
Expertise:
7+ years of dedicated MS SQL Server experience (SQL 2012 through to 2022).
High Availability:
Mastery of
AlwaysOn Availability Groups
and complex Failover Cluster Instances (FCI).
Cloud Proven:
Demonstrated success in migrating large-scale enterprise databases to
Azure SQL (Managed Instance preferred) .
The "SQL Doctor":
Deep internals knowledge with the ability to perform expert-level T-SQL tuning and query optimization.
Industry Background:
Prior experience in high-concurrency sectors (Retail, FMCG, Logistics, or Gaming) is highly regarded.
Why Apply? This is a rare opportunity to own the technical roadmap for a major infrastructure uplift within a Tier-1 Australian enterprise. If you prefer high-stakes project work over routine BAU maintenance, this is the contract for you.
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