Senior Manager, Cloud Database

Job Description Summary:
At The Coca-Cola Company, we are looking for a Senior Manager, Cloud Database with strong Microsoft SQL Server experience across hosted/on-premises and Microsoft Azure environments.
The role will be responsible for the operational support, engineering, performance, and continuous improvement of our Microsoft SQL Server database platforms.
This is a maternity cover role.
What You’ll Do for Us
Technical ownership and operational support of Microsoft SQL Server environments.
Administer and support hosted/on-premises SQL Server and Azure database services.
Support Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
Monitor database availability, performance, capacity, backup, recovery, and overall health.
Troubleshoot SQL Server, T-SQL, performance, connectivity, and infrastructure-related issues.
Support database migrations, upgrades, patching, modernization, and cloud transformation activities.
Design and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.
Define and maintain standardized database solutions, operational procedures, and support models.
Automate routine database administration and operational activities.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and external support teams.
Proactively identify opportunities to improve database performance, reliability, and operational processes.
Qualifications & Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration experience.
Strong experience with hosted/on-premises Microsoft SQL Server environments.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure database technologies.
Strong knowledge of SQL Server performance tuning, backup and recovery, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery.
Good knowledge of Windows Server and database-related infrastructure components.
Experience with PowerShell or other database administration automation is an advantage.
Strong troubleshooting, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
Strong sense of ownership, commitment, and accountability.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform is considered an advantage.
Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or Oracle RDBMS is considered an advantage.
What We’ll Do For You
Innovation & Technology: Work with modern database and cloud technologies across enterprise-scale environments.
Agile Work Environment: Be empowered to improve, automate, and modernize existing database services.
Development: Opportunity to expand your knowledge across cloud, database architecture, and multiple database technologies.
Skills:
Cloud Server, Database Queries, Database Technologies, Disaster Recovery (DR), Disaster Recovery Solutions, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft SQL Server, MS SQL Queries, MySQL, Oracle Database Administration (DBA), PostgreSQL, SQL Database Queries, SQL Databases
Location(s):
Bulgaria
City/Cities:
Sofia
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
October 18, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.