SQL Server Database Engineer/SQL Platform Engineer/SQL Server DBA- Remote-W2
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced MSSQL Database Engineer to design, build, manage, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery, supporting mission-critical enterprise applications and data platforms.
- This role will work closely with application teams, data engineers, and infrastructure teams to ensure database reliability, scalability, and performance.Key Responsibilities
- Install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments.
- Design and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions (Always On, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Replication).
- Perform database performance tuning and query optimization.
- Monitor database health, capacity, and resource utilization.
- Manage backups, restores, and recovery strategies.
- Implement security, access controls, encryption, and auditing.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production database issues.
- Support database upgrades, patches, and migrations.
- Collaborate with development teams on database design and best practices.
- Automate routine DBA tasks using scripts and tools.
- Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (2012+ / 2016+ / 2019+).
- Advanced T-SQL development and query optimization.
- Experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups.
- Experience with backup/recovery and disaster recovery planning.
- Experience with performance tuning (indexes, execution plans, wait stats).
- Experience with SQL Server security and compliance.
- Experience with Windows Server and basic infrastructure concepts.
- Experience with monitoring tools (SSMS, Redgate, SentryOne, SolarWinds, or similar).
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