Senior Database Administrator (Microsoft SQL Server)

Note : We are not providing work permit or sponsorship for this role at the moment.

Are you passionate about optimizing Microsoft SQL Server environments? Do you enjoy analyzing complex database performance issues and making systems faster, more reliable, and easier to maintain? Are you excited to help build the next generation of a rapidly growing fintech company? Take a look at our job posting for a Senior Database Administrator (Microsoft SQL Server) at a Dutch fintech company expanding across Europe.

The position of the Senior Database Administrator (Microsoft SQL Server)

You will become part of the operations team at BIQH and play a key role in ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of our Microsoft SQL Server environment. You will be the first DBA within the team, and as such you will work closely with our software developers and technical architects to optimize our database infrastructure and support the continued growth of our Market Data Platform.

Your tasks are diverse and include (but are not limited to):

Optimize and maintain our SQL server environment (70% of your time)

You will be responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing our Microsoft SQL Server environment. You will proactively identify performance bottlenecks, analyze activity, and optimize complex SQL queries and execution plans. You will work with our operations and development team to improve existing SQL statements, optimize import processes, and ensure our databases continue to perform at the highest level as our platform grows.

You will also be responsible for monitoring database health, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing best practices around performance tuning, indexing, maintenance, and security.

Modernize our database platform (30% of your time)

As part of our continuous technology improvements, you will help us modernize our database infrastructure. One of your first major projects will be planning and executing the upgrade of our on-premise, high available, always on clustered Microsoft SQL Server environment to a more recent version. You will assess compatibility, minimize downtime, and ensure a smooth migration while maintaining the stability of our production environment.

You will also contribute ideas for improving our database architecture and help establish best practices for future development.

Career growth opportunities

As you will be working at a scale-up, our success is your success. We aim to be a non-hierarchical organization. However, career growth opportunities can arise, depending on the company’s growth.