SQL Database Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high-performance, secure, and highly available database systems, including both Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, supporting critical business applications
• Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases, ensuring optimal performance and uptime
• Architect and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including failover strategies
• Configure and manage database replication technologies to support data distribution and system resilience
• Perform core DBA functions including patching, database upgrades, environment cloning, and backup/monitoring processes
• Analyze and troubleshoot performance issues across database and application layers
• Partner with developers to support query optimization and performance tuning
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to ensure systems align with business requirements
• Support ongoing improvements to database architecture in a large-scale, complex environment

• 4+ years of experience in database engineering or administration
• Strong expertise in:
  Microsoft SQL Server (on-prem) database administration
• Azure SQL Database / cloud-based database administration
• High availability solutions (e.g., clustering, failover groups, availability groups)
• Database replication (transactional, merge, or similar technologies)
• Relational database design
• T‑SQL (including complex stored procedures and triggers)