Job title: Data Center Services – MSSQL Solution Manager
Company: Continental
Job description: Shape the future of enterprise IT with us.We’re looking for an experienced Datacenter Infrastructure Architect and VMware Expert to take a leading role in designing, optimizing, and managing our global virtualization landscape. You’ll be responsible for ensuring a secure, scalable, and high-performing datacenter infrastructure while driving innovation, automation, and operational excellence.This is a senior-level position combining deep hands-on technical expertise with architectural vision and vendor/service management responsibilities.What You’ll Do?🌐 MS SQL Database Architecture & Optimization
- Design and optimize MS SQL database architectures for performance, scalability, and security.
- Define and maintain best practices, standards, and guidelines for MS SQL database infrastructure.
- Ensure high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and backup strategies, including Always-On Availability Groups and Fail-over Clusters.
- Evaluate and recommend new MS SQL technologies, automation, and cloud integration strategies (e.g., Azure SQL).
🛠 Service Management & Provider Oversight
- Define service strategies, SLAs, and KPIs for MS SQL operations managed by external service providers.
- Manage and evaluate MS SQL service providers, ensuring contractual compliance and driving service quality improvements.
- Oversee and monitor provider performance, conducting regular reviews and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
🔧 Security, Compliance & Governance
- Ensure MS SQL environments comply with security standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001, TISAX) through regular audits and assessments.
- Implement database security best practices such as data encryption, access control, and backup protection.
- Enforce governance frameworks and ensure compliance across all MS SQL operations.
📦 Level 3 MS SQL Database Administration & Technical Expertise
- Serve as the technical escalation point for complex MS SQL database issues.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement long-term solutions.
- Oversee the management of patching, lifecycle management, user access, storage, and day-to-day MS SQL operations.
- Collaborate with service providers for on-premises and Azure SQL environments.
🚀 Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and optimization of MS SQL operations.
- Lead and support migration projects, database upgrades, and cloud transformations.
- Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery strategies align with MS SQL database services.
What You Bring?
- Advanced expertise in MS SQL database administration, including Always-On, Fail-over Clusters, and Azure SQL.
- Deep understanding of MS SQL security best practices, including backup, encryption, and performance monitoring.
- Knowledge of ITIL processes, SLAs, KPIs, and vendor management for external service providers.
- Experience with backup tools (e.g., Veeam, Commvault) and high-availability methodologies.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex MS SQL issues with an analytical mindset.
- Strong collaboration skills to work with infrastructure, security, and external providers.
- Cloud integration knowledge (Azure SQL, AWS RDS) is an advantage.
- Ability to align database architecture and service strategies with business objectives.
- Strong understanding of database security best practices, access control, data encryption, auditing, and industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001, Tisax).
- Ability to lead discussions, mentor junior staff, and work cross-functionally with infrastructure, security, and application teams.
Why Join Us?As part of a global IT team of thousands, you’ll work with diverse technologies and have the opportunity to grow in many directions across our international organization.We offer:
- Hybrid work model (up to 2 days/week remote)
- Competitive salary + annual bonus
- Personalized development and training programs
- Agile, collaborative working culture
- Global team with locations across regions
- Corporate benefits & employee discounts
- On-site perks: canteen, physician, flexible hours
Let’s build secure, smart, and future-ready infrastructure together.
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Location: Otrokovice, Zlínský
Job date: Tue, 06 May 2025 02:54:54 GMT
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