H2About the role /h2 br/ A well-established Belgian financial services organisation based in Leuven is looking for an experienced SQL Server DBA to join their infrastructure team on a freelance basis. The position has opened due to an internal team change and represents a genuine operational need — not a pipeline exercise.br/ You'll be joining a mature, collaborative IT infrastructure team of around 15-20 people, working alongside highly experienced database professionals. The environment is primarily on-premises Microsoft SQL Server, with a roadmap toward Azure SQL in the coming years.br/ br/ h2Contract details /h2 ul liLocation: Leuven (hybrid — 2 days on-site per week) /li liStart: ASAP /li liDuration: End of year, with strong likelihood of extension /li liRate: market rate /li liLanguages: Dutch + English required /li /ul br/ h2What you'll be doing /h2 ul liOwn the full SQL Server infrastructure — installation, configuration, management, security and lifecycle /li liMonitor the environment daily, proactively detecting and resolving issues before they impact business continuity /li liAnalyse complex incidents and lead Root Cause Analysis /li liDesign and implement structural improvements to performance, stability and security /li liManage upgrades, migrations and decommissions across SQL systems /li liServe as the technical escalation point for colleagues on database incidents /li liMaintain and improve the team's knowledge base — runbooks, documentation and training materials /li /ul br/ Must havesbr/ ul liHands-on SQL Server DBA experience (2019/2022/2025) /li liT-SQL: queries, stored procedures, DDL /li liPerformance tuning at infrastructure level /li liAlways On Availability Groups in production /li liSQL Server Replication /li liWindows Server environment knowledge /li liITIL process awareness: incident, problem, change management /li liDutch working language (daily team communication) /li /ul br/ Nice to havesbr/ ul liPostgreSQL or MySQL experience /li liAzure SQL / Azure cloud exposure /li liSSIS / SSRS /li liPowerShell scripting or TerraForm /li liMonitoring tools: Grafana, Sentryone, Dynatrace /li liAgile/SAFe experience (Jira, sprints) /li /ul br/ h2The team /h2 br/ You'll be working in a multi-cluster infrastructure team with deep collective expertise. The team has a fixed collaboration day on Wednesday. Strong medior profiles are welcome — years of experience matter less than the depth and relevance of your SQL Server skillset.br/