Required Skills & Experience
Microsoft SQL Server
SQL Server 2014/2016/2017/2019 – Installation, configuration, administration, and migration
SQL Server High Availability: Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, log shipping
SQL Server security: Authentication modes, TDE, column-level encryption, auditing
Performance Tuning: Query optimization, index management, wait statistics, execution plans, DMVs
T-SQL – Expert-level scripting for database administration, migration validation, and automation
SSIS, SSRS, SSAS – Compatibility assessment and migration considerations
Amazon RDS for SQL Server
RDS SQL Server deployment: Instance class selection, storage configuration, parameter/option groups
RDS Multi-AZ: Synchronous replication, automatic failover, maintenance windows
RDS cross-region read replicas: Configuration, promotion, replication lag monitoring
RDS security: VPC security groups, encryption at rest (KMS), SSL/TLS, IAM databas...