If you are currently browsing the top SQL DBA Jobs Cape Town has to offer, this intermediate role is the perfect next step for your career. We are seeking a passionate SQL DBA to take full ownership of our core Microsoft SQL Server environments (from legacy 2008/2012 to modern iterations). You will act as the primary guardian of our data-handling routine administration, backups, replication, and real-time production troubleshooting. Key Responsibilities

Data Protection & Business Continuity Backups & Recovery: Monitor, verify, and secure daily backups. Proactively troubleshoot failure alerts and rerun processes swiftly. High Availability & DR: Maintain and troubleshoot HA/DR environments utilizing Clustering, Database Mirroring, Log Shipping, and Hot Standby servers. Testing & Drills: Actively participate in periodic failover and disaster recovery testing.

Systems Engineering & Maintenance Deployments: Install, configure, and provision new MS SQL Server instances. Lifecy...