MSSQL Migration Expert | Hybrid Wroclaw

We are currently looking for talented and experienced MSSQL Migration Experts to join a long-term project with a international automotive organization operating across Europe and parts of Western Asia.

📍 Location: Wroclaw, Poland (Hybrid –2/3 days per week from the office)

Type of contract: B2B

Must-Have:

10 years+ experience in MSSQL DB administration with a strong focus on end-to-end SQL Server migration projects. The following skills are required:

• Deep knowledge of MSSQL database architecture, internals, and inter-version compatibility relevant to migration planning.

• Proven expertise in SQL Server version upgrades and cross-version migrations (e.g. SQL Server 2012/2014/2016 to 2019/2022), including in-place and side-by-side migration strategies.

• Hands-on experience migrating databases across SQL Server versions 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2022, including schema, data, and job migrations.

• Strong experience in pre-migration assessment, compatibility level analysis, and applying fixes to ensure smooth cutover in large SQL environments.

• Experience designing and configuring High-Availability solutions (Always On AG, Log Shipping) as part of migration architecture and post-migration validation.

• Experience in post-migration performance baseline comparison, query plan regression analysis, and tuning to restore or improve performance after migration.

• Experience migrating SQL Server BI components including SSRS, SSIS, and SSAS across versions; ability to validate and remediate compatibility issues post-migration.

• Hands-on experience with cloud migration paths for SQL Server, including on-premises to Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL DB, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, and hybrid migration scenarios.

• Experience using SQL Server replication and Change Data Capture (CDC) as migration strategies for minimal-downtime and zero-downtime database migrations.

• Expert in migration-critical tasks including backup/restore-based migrations, SQL Agent job migration, login and permission mapping, and post-migration health monitoring.

• Strong experience in PowerShell and T-SQL scripting to automate migration tasks, schema comparisons, data validation, and cutover runbooks.

• Experience leading migration assessment workshops, producing migration plans, risk registers, and recommending Microsoft best practices for version uplift and modernisation.

• Experience establishing Disaster Recovery environments as part of migration safeguards.
  Strong Project Management skills to coordinate complex, multi-workstream migration programmes.

Good To Have:

• Experience using GitHub for migration runbook version control and Terraform/ARM templates for automated target environment provisioning.

• Experience with heterogeneous database migrations (e.g. Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB to SQL Server) using tools such as SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant).

Benefits ✅

• Stable long-term cooperation with opportunity for extension

• Opportunity to work with modern technologies in an international environment

• Professional growth and continuous development opportunities

• Participation in challenging and impactful projects

📩 If you’re interested and meet the qualifications, please send your CV to Alina Pchelnikova at alina.pchelnikova@dcvtechnologies.co.uk