Premium Ad IT/Computer - Other IT/Computer Sandton FULL TIME Job Summary An well known insurance client is looking for a SQL Server DBA to join their team in Sandton, GP who can take ownership of mission-critical SQL Server platforms across production, UAT, development, and disaster recovery environments. This is a hands-on role focused on performance, availability, reliability, security, encryption, backup and recovery, high availability, log shipping, partitioning, automation, and deep troubleshooting with developers and infrastructure teams.  Purpose of the role:The SQL Server DBA will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, performance, security, and availability of critical SQL Server database platforms. The successful candidate must be able to operate as an escalation point, work with developers on complex performance and application issues, maintain strong disaster recovery readiness, and ensure the database estate remains secure, recoverable, compliant, and well documented. Responsiblities: 1. SQL Server Administration and Operations * Manage SQL Server databases through all lifecycle environments (development, UAT, production). * Install, configure, maintain, patch, and upgrade SQL Server instances and related components. * Configure and maintain SQL Server services, Agent jobs, maintenance plans, linked servers, operators, alerts, and database mail. * Monitor SQL Server health, performance, capacity, availability, storage, jobs, backups, and replication. * Investigate and resolve production incidents, service outages, performance degradation, blocking, deadlocks, and corruption risks. * Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, inventory, and change records. * Participate in planned maintenance windows, after-hours support, release deployments, and on-call rotations. 2. High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Resilience…

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