Farooq Mohammed

Azure SQL database admin

Senior Azure SQL Database Administrator with 10+ years of experience managing mission-critical SQL Server environments across on-premises and Microsoft Azure platforms.

Specialised in cloud database migrations, performance engineering, high availability architectures, and automation of database deployments using DevOps practices.

Experienced in supporting enterprise-scale data platforms serving global user bases and terabyte-scale databases while ensuring security, compliance, and operational resilience.

Strong collaborator with DevOps, engineering, and infrastructure teams, with a proven track record of delivering reliable and scalable database solutions in Agile environments.

• Led migration of on-premises SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance, improving scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Designed and implemented CI/CD database deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps, automating schema releases and database change management.
• Implemented Query Store monitoring strategy across production databases to proactively identify performance regressions.
• Performed advanced performance tuning using DMVs, Extended Events, and Query Store, reducing average query execution time by up to 40%.
• Implemented Static and Dynamic Data Masking to secure sensitive PII data across non-production environments.
• Developed automated validation and rollback scripts to support safe Agile database release processes.