Project Role: Associate Director - Database Management Administration
Work Experience: 8-12 Years
Work Location: Kochi
Work Mode: Hybrid
Job Overview:
Lead the design, implementation, administration, and optimization of enterprise SQL Server databases. Ensure
high availability, security, performance, and reliability of mission-critical database environments while providing
technical leadership to DBA teams and supporting strategic business initiatives.
Job Responsibility:
• Design and maintain enterprise database architectures, standards, and implementation processes.
• Ensure databases meet operational, performance, scalability, and availability requirements.
• Design and implement data archival strategies, security controls, and database optimization
initiatives.
• Create and manage database objects, data definitions, referential integrity, and security enforcement
mechanisms.
• Lead database administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, tuning, and production support
activities.
• Design, implement, and validate backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Perform advanced database analysis, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to DBA team members.
• Evaluate database design approaches, implementation strategies, and backup/recovery frameworks.
• Prepare cost analyses, sizing recommendations, and database infrastructure justifications.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure optimal database
performance and reliability.
Technical/Required Skills:
• Strong hands-on expertise in SSIS / SSRS, SQL Server Administration, T-SQL, Backup & Recovery,
Performance Tuning, Index Optimization, SQL Agent Jobs, SSMS, Production Support, Database
Security, and Always On Availability Groups (AG).
• Extensive experience managing large-scale production SQL Server environments.
• Expertise in query optimization, execution plan analysis, and database performance troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of database security, access management, auditing, and compliance.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning, implementation, and testing.
• Ability to lead complex database modernization, migration, and optimization initiatives.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
Skills/Experience:
• Azure SQL Database / Azure SQL Managed Instance
• SSIS / SSRS
• PowerShell Scripting
• Git / Azure DevOps
• Healthcare / Patient Hub domain experience
• Data Warehousing
• Power BI
• Cloud migration and modernization experience
• Team leadership and stakeholder management
Educational Qualification:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related
field.
• Microsoft SQL Server and/or Azure Database certifications preferred
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 12–15+ years of overall project or program management experience
- Hands-on experience with design, documentation, coding, unit testing, code review, system integration testing, bug fixing, issue troubleshooting, user acceptance testing, deployment, root cause analysis, and enhancements
- Experience serving as a Scrum Master with a strong technical background
- Experience with budget planning and management
- Experience working with Microsoft-platform applications, C#, JSON, and SQL Server
- Hands-on experience with Entity Framework
- Knowledge of Agile and Scrum project management frameworks
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, and Git
- Five or more years of experience in the life sciences or healthcare sector
IQVIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include an employer match structure that supports employee contributions through a defined formula. This adds steady long-term value to total rewards beyond base salary.
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What We Do
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ delivers powerful insights with speed and agility — enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 70,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.
