This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Database Engineer - REMOTE. In this role, you will be pivotal in driving the reliability and performance of SQL Server platforms, combining your skills with automation and modernization practices. Collaborating across various teams, you will help standardize workflows, mitigate technical debt, and support critical database functions. This position offers the opportunity to influence significant projects, improve operational efficiency, and contribute to the overall success of database management in a cloud-integrated environment. Your expertise will directly impact enterprise-critical workloads and inform best practices in database engineering.
Accountabilities
- Own and operate enterprise SQL Server environments across production and non-production tiers.
- Standardize and automate database operational workflows, including script execution intake, monitoring, and deployment processes.
- Participate in patching, deployment, and release management activities to ensure platform security and stability.
- Provide on-call and incident response support for mission-critical database systems.
- Diagnose and resolve complex SQL Server performance issues including blocking, deadlocks, replication latency, and high-write workloads.
- Analyze and tune slow-running queries and reports.
- Lead index analysis, consolidation, and cleanup initiatives to reduce write overhead, improve performance.
- Gather and maintain configuration data across all SQL Server instances, including versioning, hardware, storage, network, and security settings.
- Design and implement automation to reduce manual DBE effort and improve consistency.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience administering and supporting SQL Server environments.
- Strong expertise in T-SQL, SQL Server performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with automation and scripting for database operations.
- Experience supporting reporting and analytics workloads.
- Strong understanding of SQL Server architecture, indexing, and security.
Benefits
- Work remotely from anywhere.
- Collaborative and fast-paced work environment.
- Opportunities for professional development.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to latest tools and technologies.
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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