This is not a traditional, ticket-driven DBA role focused on break-fix support. The role exists to help TOPdesk move from reactive optimisation and outlier hunting toward long-term ownership of the Azure SQL estate.

We opened this role because Azure SQL is a material part of TOPdesk's hosting cost and the foundation of customer-facing performance, and we're at a point in our platform evolution where reactive optimisation isn't enough. We're actively decomposing a long-tenured Java/MS SQL monolith into microservices, and we need deep database expertise embedded in that journey, not called in after incidents.You’ll work closely with platform engineering and development teams while we continue decomposing a long-standing Java and Microsoft SQL monolith into microservices. The goal is to ensure the data layer remains a strength throughout that transition — not a constraint.

Your mission

Azure SQL represents a significant part o...