Data Engineer (DBA)

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Description

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job overview and responsibilities

SQL Server Database Administrator with hands on experience in managing, maintaining, and supporting Microsoft SQL Server Databases. The individual will be responsible for database administration, performance optimization, backup and recovery, high availability, security, monitoring, and production support.

• SQL Server Administration & Maintenance
  • Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain SQL Server environments.
  • Manage database health, maintenance tasks, SQL Server Agent jobs, indexes, and statistics.
• Backup, Recovery & High Availability
  • Manage backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery strategies.
  • Support Always On Availability Groups, failover/failback, and DR activities.
• EPerformance Monitoring & Optimization
  • Monitor database performance, blocking, deadlocks, resource utilization, and long-running queries.
  • Optimize queries, stored procedures, indexes, and execution plans.
• Security & Production Support
  • Manage logins, users, roles, permissions, and database security.
  • Troubleshoot production incidents, connectivity issues, job failures, and database performance problems.

• Migration, Automation & Collaboration
  • Support database migrations, upgrades, and environment refreshes.
  • Automate DBA tasks and collaborate with application and development teams on database-related requirements.

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 4-5 years of hands-on experience in software development in an Agile environment.
• SQL Server Administration
  - Strong knowledge of SQL Server administration, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  - Good understanding of T-SQL, stored procedures, functions, views, and database objects.
  Performance Tuning
  - Knowledge of query optimization, execution plans, indexing, statistics, blocking, deadlocks, and performance monitoring.
  Backup, Recovery & HA/DR
  - Hands-on experience with backup/restore and point-in-time recovery.
  - Knowledge of Always On Availability Groups, failover/failback, and replication.
  Security & Production Support
  - Knowledge of logins, users, roles, permissions, and database security.
  - Strong troubleshooting skills for production incidents and connectivity issues.
  PostgreSQL – Good to Have
  - Basic knowledge of PostgreSQL administration and troubleshooting.
  

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Strong production experience with both PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server.
• The ideal candidate will also leverage AI capabilities to optimize database performance, automate tuning, or streamline administration workflows.