SQL Server DBA
Watershed Consulting
- R1000.00 - R1001.00 per hour
- Contract Intermediate position
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Durban (Durban CBD)
- Posted 30 Jul 2026 by Watershed Consulting
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2643242
About the position
Qualifications
- 6+ years of progressive experience in database administration within enterprise environments.
- Relevant degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Strong expertise in SQL Server and proven experience with PostgreSQL.
- Proven experience with high availability, disaster recovery and replication technologies.
- Advanced skills in database performance tuning and query optimization.
- Experience with automation and scripting such as PowerShell, Bash or Python.
- Exposure to observability and modern data technologies and cloud platforms.
- Solid understanding of security, compliance and data governance practices.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work across technical and business stakeholders.
Skills - SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- High availability
- Disaster recovery
- Clustering
- Availability Groups
- Replication
- Performance tuning
- Query optimization
- Execution plans
- Wait statistics
- Profiling tools
- Automation
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
- ClickHouse
- FoundationDB
- Loki
- Grafana
- Tempo
- Mimir
- Rybbit
- Valkey
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Security and compliance
- Data governance
- Encryption
- Auditing
- Access management
- Monitoring
- Incident response
- Root cause analysis
- Technical documentation
- Runbooks
- Mentorship
- Infrastructure modernization
Desired Skills:
- SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- High availability
- Disaster recovery
- Clustering
- Availability Groups
- Replication
Watershed Consulting
About the agency
Watershed Consulting is a Recruitment Company offering placement opportunities in the following sectors: Banking, Finance, Call Centre, Information Communication and Technology (ICT). We go beyond traditional recruitment by not just a getting a job for you, but a career. We do this by finding the best fit between candidate and the job. Our expertise in compensation, benefits, job evaluation and competency profiling underpins our recruitment process.
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