Senior DBA - Remote

About Qureshi IT:

Most work comes in through ConnectWise tickets, with a dispatch board for onsite visits.

About the role:

Qureshi IT has an opening for a Senior DBA - Remote. We need someone who checks the backups before anyone asks, and who can explain a query plan to a developer. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in Bangladesh, with a local contract and salary paid in taka. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday.

What you'll do:

Control access with roles, least privilege and audited service accounts. Tune queries, indexes and statistics using execution plans and Query Store. Review and deploy schema changes from development teams. Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets. Respond to after-hours database incidents on a rotating schedule. Automate maintenance with PowerShell, SQL Agent jobs or Bash.

What we're looking for:

Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts. Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows. Deep knowledge of at least one of SQL Server, Oracle or PostgreSQL. Familiarity with SAN storage and VMware virtualization basics. Proven query and index tuning ability.

Preferred:

AWS RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL Managed Instance. Terraform for database infrastructure. Database DevOps with Flyway, Liquibase or Redgate tools.

Perks and benefits:

Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner. Co-working space stipend. Flexible hours. Annual salary review. Two weeks of paid leave at year end.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Qureshi IT.