Database Engineer

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. Participate in the U.S. time zone on-call rotation and respond to incidents . Drive incident mitigation and lead root cause analysis . Maintain current runbooks . Operate a multi-region SQL Server fleet on Azure

Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in SQL Server administration and database engineering, with a strong focus on high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning. Proficient in automating operations and managing cloud-based database environments using Azure and Snowflake.

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SQL Server AdministrationAlways On Availability GroupsDisaster Recovery DesignTerraform AutomationPerformance Tuning

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Hard Skills

SQL ServerDatabase AdministrationPerformance TuningBackup and RestoreRoot Cause AnalysisCapacity PlanningWorkload BalancingDisaster RecoveryQuery StoreIndexing

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationEvidence-Based Troubleshooting

Tools & Technologies

AzureSnowflakeTerraformPowerShellPythonGrafanaOpenTelemetryAzure DevOpsMicrosoft Entra IDPagerDuty

Certifications & Qualifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)Snowflake SnowPro Certification

Industry Keywords

On-Call SupportHighly Regulated IndustriesFailover ClusteringVirtual MachinesCost Monitoring

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureGrafanaPythonSQLTerraformVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in the U.S. time zone on-call rotation and respond to incidents
Drive incident mitigation and lead root cause analysis
Maintain current runbooks
Operate a multi-region SQL Server fleet on Azure virtual machines with Always On availability groups
Perform capacity planning and workload balancing
Administer Snowflake accounts, warehouses, role-based access, secure data sharing, and cost monitoring
Plan and execute production changes through change management
Perform after-hours maintenance for cumulative updates, major version upgrades, failovers, and scaling
Investigate performance issues using wait statistics, execution plans, and Query Store
Partner with product engineering on query and schema design
Work with Microsoft and Snowflake support on engine-level issues
Maintain high availability, disaster recovery, and security controls
Manage backup and restore, recovery exercises, transparent data encryption, key rotation, Microsoft Entra ID authentication, private endpoints, and least-privilege access
Automate provisioning and operations with Terraform, PowerShell, and Python through CI/CD pipelines
Build SQL Server and Snowflake monitoring with Grafana and OpenTelemetry
Use AI tools daily and help build AI tooling for database operations, including MCP servers

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of hands-on production experience with SQL Server as a DBA or database engineer
On-call support for systems that run around the clock
Deep knowledge of Always On availability groups and Windows Server Failover Clustering
Knowledge of synchronization modes, failover behavior, and troubleshooting
Strong knowledge of backup, restore, and recovery models
Experience designing and testing disaster recovery
Performance tuning skills, including wait statistics, execution plans, Query Store, indexing, and blocking analysis
Evidence-based troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Experience running SQL Server on Azure, including virtual machines and storage, virtual networks and private endpoints, Azure Key Vault, and Microsoft Entra ID
Availability for U.S. business hours, on-call rotation, and after-hours maintenance windows
Clear written and spoken English
Snowflake administration experience preferred
Terraform and PowerShell or Python scripting experience preferred
Experience with recent SQL Server versions and features preferred
Azure DevOps, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and PagerDuty experience preferred
AI engineering tools or MCP server experience preferred
Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300) or Snowflake SnowPro certification preferred
Experience supporting compliance requirements in highly regulated industries preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional development opportunities
Reimbursement for training and continuing education
Complimentary lunches
Fully stocked kitchens
Wellness programs
Flexible time off programs
Family-formation benefits
Paid volunteer time off
Donation matching program
Modern, open work environment
Flexible work environment
Positive, open, collaborative culture