Senior Associate - Data Base Administrator (Fabric)

Overview

Oaktree Capital Management is seeking an experienced SQL Server DBA and Microsoft Fabric Administrator to join its Data Platform team, responsible for the health, performance and governance of the SQL Server estate and the design, deployment and administration of the Microsoft Fabric data platform.

What you'll do

• Install, configure, patch and upgrade SQL Server instances (2016–2022) across dev, UAT and production environments
• Design and maintain high-availability solutions: Always On Availability Groups and Failover Cluster Instances
• Monitor and tune query performance using execution plans, DMVs, Query Store and Extended Events
• Co-support backup and recovery strategies; own RTO/RPO compliance and conduct periodic DR drills
• Implement and enforce database security: logins, roles, row-level security, TDE and audit policies
• Administer SQL Server Agent jobs, SSIS packages and linked servers
• Collaborate with developers on schema changes, stored procedures and deployment scripts
• Participate in the on-call rotation for Production Support
• Administer Fabric tenant settings, capacity configuration and workspace governance aligned with security and compliance policies
• Manage Fabric capacity (F-SKU) provisioning, auto-scaling and cost optimization, monitoring CU utilization via the Capacity Metrics app
• Enable and govern Copilot in Fabric: tenant settings, security group scoping, phased rollout and cross-geo compliance controls
• Provision and manage Fabric workspaces, lakehouses, warehouses and data pipelines; enforce naming conventions and RBAC
• Administer Power BI Premium / Fabric capacity: semantic models, dataflows Gen2, gateways and report deployment pipelines
• Configure and manage Fabric Data Agents, AI Skills and Real-Time Intelligence (Eventhouse / KQL) workloads
• Integrate Fabric with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure DevOps CI/CD and Microsoft Purview for data cataloguing and lineage
• Maintain Fabric audit logs, sensitivity label compliance and Purview information protection policies

What you'll need

• Strong background in T-SQL development, execution plan analysis and schema design
• SQL Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022, SSMS, SSRS, SSIS, SQL Agent, Azure SQL Databases
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with Power BI Service administration, including tenant settings and organizational policies
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric core components: OneLake, Data Factory and Power BI
• Experience in Fabric workspace management and deployment policies
• Solid understanding and practical experience implementing data governance principles, including data classification, data security, access control, data quality and compliance
• Strong understanding and experience with Power BI's security model, including Row-Level Security (RLS) and Object-Level Security (OLS)
• Experience with high availability architectures, clustering and disaster recovery planning
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, finance or related field from a top college or university

Nice to have

• Exposure to dbt, Apache Spark or PySpark within Fabric notebooks
• Knowledge of Azure SQL PaaS services, Managed Instances and Azure SQL Hyperscale
• Experience with cloud migration and hybrid cloud environments involving SQL Server and Azure SQL
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines involving database and Power BI changes
• Familiarity with Confluence, Jira and SQL Server and Azure database technologies

Details

• Location: Hyderabad
• Work mode: Hybrid (3 days in office / 2 days remote)
• Shift: Rotational shifts (including night), 2-week rotation
• Must be able to handle highly confidential information and situations with professionalism and tact