Database Engineer

Role Overview

Manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to life-safety/mission critical production systems. Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.

What You Will Do

Design and implement multi-site Microsoft SQL Server Always On, own, track and resolve database related incidents and requests within SLAs, plan and perform automated and attended database maintenance activities via planned and unplanned windows, implement monitoring, auditing, data backup and recovery solutions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

10+ years of experience in database implementations and support of Microsoft SQL Server in highly available/highly transactional and OLAP environments, mastery in SQL Server Always On and all other high availability database features, experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, migration issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, replication issues, log shipping issues, connectivity issues, security issues, etc.

Requirements

• A. or B.S. (or higher-level degree) in Computer Science or a similar engineering
• 10+ years of experience in database implementations and support of Microsoft SQL Server in highly available/highly transactional and OLAP environments
• Experience in Database Administration in Microsoft SQL Server (2022 and 2025)
• Mastery in SQL Server Always On and all other high availability database features
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, migration issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, replication issues, log shipping issues, connectivity issues, security issues, etc.
• Experience in Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, using Performance Monitor, SQL Profiler and other related monitoring and troubleshooting tool
• Ability to detect and troubleshoot SQL Server related CPU, memory, I/O, storage and other resource contention
• Strong knowledge of backups, restores, recovery models, database shrink operations, Dynamic Management Views, Clustering, Database mirroring, auditing and replication
• Expert experience in implementing operational automation
• Strong knowledge of how indexes, index management, integrity checks, configuration, encryption, patching. How statistics work, how indexes are stored, how they can be created and managed effectively
• SQL Development – ability to write and troubleshoot SQL Code and design (stored procs, functions, tables, views, triggers, indexes, constraints)
• Documentation skills for processes and procedures
• SQL Database Operational support to tech users
• On call availability

Benefits

• Collaborate with outstanding people
• Make an immediate impact
• Gain well rounded experience
• Community and Camaraderie