About the Role

Hire Resolve, a company based in Johannesburg, is seeking an MS SQL Engineer Team Lead to manage a dynamic and diverse team of professionals. The ideal candidate will integrate expertise across Server Software, MS SQL, and Cloud Infrastructure Management to drive strategic vision for SQL infrastructure and champion initiatives for high availability, monitoring, failover, and resiliency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor an enterprise SQL engineering team, guiding their technical development and career growth.
• Provide management for both SQL and Cloud Engineering/Operations staff, fostering a culture of positivity and collaboration.
• Act as the primary liaison with development, operations, project, and vendor teams to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Provide technical oversight with a focus on reliability, architecture, and automation.
• Drive the strategic vision for SQL infrastructure (Cloud and on-premise), championing initiatives for high availability (HA), monitoring, failover, and resiliency.
• Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Manage the SQL Infrastructure, integrating closely with development teams and third parties.
• Oversee database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Execute controlled incident/problem resolution, including prioritization, escalation, and comprehensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Manage all server aspects (on-premise and cloud), ensuring licensing, patching, monitoring, and compliance.
• Confirm critical business databases are replicated at Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Accountable for operational results that directly impact development teams’ servers.
• Manage and limit user access to SQL, updating and enforcing related security policies.
• Oversee data backup processes and manage third-party access, data encryption, and information exchange procedures.
• Perform and address regular risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain the capacity management process, ensuring timely action is taken on monitoring results.

Requirements

• 5 years minimum working experience in IT.
• 5 years minimum experience as a System and Cloud Administrator (including Microsoft license management).
• 2 years minimum experience managing people in a technical environment.
• 2 years minimum experience participating in 24/7 on-call rotations and providing after-hours support.
• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification/Diploma.
• Certifications in SQL Server, Azure Data Engineer, or equivalent.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and CobIT.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications not specified.

Salary & Benefits

Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills).

About the Role

Hire Resolve, a leading company in Johannesburg, is seeking an experienced MS SQL Engineer Team Lead to manage their dynamic team of professionals. The ideal candidate will be responsible for integrating expertise across Server Software, MS SQL, and Cloud Infrastructure Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor an enterprise SQL engineering team, guiding their technical development and career growth.
• Provide management for both SQL and Cloud Engineering/Operations staff, fostering a culture of positivity and collaboration.
• Act as the primary liaison with development, operations, project, and vendor teams to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Provide technical oversight with a focus on reliability, architecture, and automation.
• Drive the strategic vision for SQL infrastructure (Cloud and on-premise), championing initiatives for high availability (HA), monitoring, failover, and resiliency.
• Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Manage the SQL Infrastructure, integrating closely with development teams and third parties.
• Oversee database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Execute controlled incident/problem resolution, including prioritization, escalation, and comprehensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Manage all server aspects (on-premise and cloud), ensuring licensing, patching, monitoring, and compliance.
• Confirm critical business databases are replicated at Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Accountable for operational results that directly impact development teams’ servers.
• Manage and limit user access to SQL, updating and enforcing related security policies.
• Oversee data backup processes and manage third-party access, data encryption, and information exchange procedures.
• Perform and address regular risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain the capacity management process, ensuring timely action is taken on monitoring results.

Requirements

• 5 years minimum working experience in IT.
• 5 years minimum experience as a System and Cloud Administrator (including Microsoft license management).
• 2 years minimum experience managing people in a technical environment.
• 2 years minimum experience participating in 24/7 on-call rotations and providing after-hours support.
• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification/Diploma.
• Certifications in SQL Server, Azure Data Engineer, or equivalent.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and CobIT.

Qualifications

No specific qualifications mentioned in the original job description.

About the Role

Hire Resolve, a company based in Johannesburg, is seeking an experienced MS SQL Engineer Team Lead to manage a dynamic team of professionals. The successful candidate will be responsible for integrating expertise across Server Software, MS SQL, and Cloud Infrastructure Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor an enterprise SQL engineering team, guiding their technical development and career growth.
• Provide management for both SQL and Cloud Engineering/Operations staff, fostering a culture of positivity and collaboration.
• Act as the primary liaison with development, operations, project, and vendor teams to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Provide technical oversight with a focus on reliability, architecture, and automation.
• Drive the strategic vision for SQL infrastructure (Cloud and on-premise), championing initiatives for high availability (HA), monitoring, failover, and resiliency.
• Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Manage the SQL Infrastructure, integrating closely with development teams and third parties.
• Oversee database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Execute controlled incident/problem resolution, including prioritization, escalation, and comprehensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Manage all server aspects (on-premise and cloud), ensuring licensing, patching, monitoring, and compliance.
• Confirm critical business databases are replicated at Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Accountable for operational results that directly impact development teams’ servers.
• Manage and limit user access to SQL, updating and enforcing related security policies.
• Oversee data backup processes and manage third-party access, data encryption, and information exchange procedures.
• Perform and address regular risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain the capacity management process, ensuring timely action is taken on monitoring results.

Requirements

• 5 years minimum working experience in IT.
• 5 years minimum experience as a System and Cloud Administrator (including Microsoft license management).
• 2 years minimum experience managing people in a technical environment.
• 2 years minimum experience participating in 24/7 on-call rotations and providing after-hours support.
• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification/Diploma.
• Certifications in SQL Server, Azure Data Engineer, or equivalent.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and CobIT.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications not specified.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills).

About the Role

Hire Resolve, a leading provider of safety and efficiency services in Johannesburg, is seeking an experienced MS SQL Engineer Team Lead to manage their dynamic team of professionals. The successful candidate will be responsible for integrating expertise across Server Software, MS SQL, and Cloud Infrastructure Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor an enterprise SQL engineering team, guiding their technical development and career growth.
• Provide management for both SQL and Cloud Engineering/Operations staff, fostering a culture of positivity and collaboration.
• Act as the primary liaison with development, operations, project, and vendor teams to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Provide technical oversight with a focus on reliability, architecture, and automation.
• Drive the strategic vision for SQL infrastructure (Cloud and on-premise), championing initiatives for high availability (HA), monitoring, failover, and resiliency.
• Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Manage the SQL Infrastructure, integrating closely with development teams and third parties.
• Oversee database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Execute controlled incident/problem resolution, including prioritization, escalation, and comprehensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Manage all server aspects (on-premise and cloud), ensuring licensing, patching, monitoring, and compliance.
• Confirm critical business databases are replicated at Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Accountable for operational results that directly impact development teams’ servers.
• Manage and limit user access to SQL, updating and enforcing related security policies.
• Oversee data backup processes and manage third-party access, data encryption, and information exchange procedures.
• Perform and address regular risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain the capacity management process, ensuring timely action is taken on monitoring results.

Requirements

• 5 years minimum working experience in IT.
• 5 years minimum experience as a System and Cloud Administrator (including Microsoft license management).
• 2 years minimum experience managing people in a technical environment.
• 2 years minimum experience participating in 24/7 on-call rotations and providing after-hours support.
• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification/Diploma.
• Certifications in SQL Server, Azure Data Engineer, or equivalent.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and CobIT.

Qualifications

• (No qualifications mentioned in the original job description)

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)

About the Role

Hire Resolve, a company based in Johannesburg, is seeking an experienced MS SQL Engineer Team Lead to manage a dynamic team of professionals. The ideal candidate will integrate expertise across Server Software, MS SQL, and Cloud Infrastructure Management. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for leading technical development, managing staff, and ensuring service level agreements are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor an enterprise SQL engineering team, guiding their technical development and career growth.
• Provide management for both SQL and Cloud Engineering/Operations staff, fostering a culture of positivity and collaboration.
• Act as the primary liaison with development, operations, project, and vendor teams to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Provide technical oversight with a focus on reliability, architecture, and automation.
• Drive the strategic vision for SQL infrastructure (Cloud and on-premise), championing initiatives for high availability (HA), monitoring, failover, and resiliency.
• Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Manage the SQL Infrastructure, integrating closely with development teams and third parties.
• Oversee database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Execute controlled incident/problem resolution, including prioritization, escalation, and comprehensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Manage all server aspects (on-premise and cloud), ensuring licensing, patching, monitoring, and compliance.
• Confirm critical business databases are replicated at Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Accountable for operational results that directly impact development teams’ servers.
• Manage and limit user access to SQL, updating and enforcing related security policies.
• Oversee data backup processes and manage third-party access, data encryption, and information exchange procedures.
• Perform and address regular risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain the capacity management process, ensuring timely action is taken on monitoring results.

Requirements

• 5 years minimum working experience in IT.
• 5 years minimum experience as a System and Cloud Administrator (including Microsoft license management).
• 2 years minimum experience managing people in a technical environment.
• 2 years minimum experience participating in 24/7 on-call rotations and providing after-hours support.
• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification/Diploma.
• Certifications in SQL Server, Azure Data Engineer, or equivalent.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and CobIT.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications not specified.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills).