Azure SQL MI AdminEngineer Remote

Kforce's client is seeking a remote experienced Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) Administrator to provide 24x7 support, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting for mission-critical Azure SQL MI environments. This role supports a global operations team and includes rotational shifts, on-call support, and incident response.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, provision, configure, maintain, patch, and upgrade Azure SQL Managed Instances across multiple subscriptions and regions
• Manage sizing, scaling, storage, capacity planning, backups, restores, security reviews, and maintenance
• Support SQL MI architecture, including Virtual Clusters, General Purpose/Business Critical tiers, HA/failover, zone redundancy, instance pools, storage, networking, and VNet integration
• Assist with SQL Server to Azure SQL MI migrations and deployment architecture reviews
• Monitor and optimize performance, troubleshoot slow queries, blocking, indexing, execution plans, and resource bottlenecks (CPU, memory, storage, I/O)
• Manage HA/DR solutions including Auto-Failover Groups, Geo-Replication, PITR, LTR, backup/recovery strategies, and DR testing
• Monitor environments using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and enterprise monitoring tools
• Handle incidents, service requests, problem management, root cause analysis, and major outage support
• Troubleshoot connectivity, replication, performance, resource contention, and network-related issues
• Implement and support Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, TDE, Always Encrypted, auditing, threat detection, and vulnerability assessments
• Develop automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI, T-SQL, and preferably ARM, Bicep, or Terraform
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments and automate routine DBA and monitoring activities