AWS SQL Server Architect & Migration Engineer

Slalom Build; City of Albany, Boston (NY, MA, SD); On-site; USD 138,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Well-being reimbursements

Job summary

Slalom Build is seeking a highly hands-on SQL DBA with strong AWS experience to support SQL Server migration and modernization initiatives. The role works with architects to design, build, optimize, and support SQL Server environments on AWS, including standalone SQL EC2 instances, WSFC clusters, and SQL Always On Availability Groups.

Key responsibilities include migrations, backups, restores, recovery, HA/DR activities, and performance tuning.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL Server DBA experience.
• Hands-on experience with WSFC and Always On Availability Groups.
• Experience migrating SQL Server workloads to AWS.
• Strong SQL Server performance tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• SSIS and SSRS expertise.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support SQL Server platforms on AWS.
• Execute migrations, backups, restores, recovery, and HA/DR activities.
• Troubleshoot performance, availability, clustering, and replication issues.
• Assess current implementations and recommend architectural and operational improvements.
• Partner with infrastructure, application, and database teams.
• Support production cutovers and post-migration stabilization.
• Drive automation, operational excellence, and platform standardization.

Skills

WSFC

Always On AGs

AWS migrations

Performance tuning

SSIS

SSRS

Stakeholder comms

Tools

AWS

PowerShell

CDK

Job description

Slalom Build is seeking a highly hands-on SQL DBA with strong AWS experience to support SQL Server migration and modernization initiatives. The role works with architects to design, build, optimize, and support SQL Server environments on AWS, including standalone SQL EC2 instances, WSFC clusters, and SQL Always On Availability Groups.

Key responsibilities include migrations, backups, restores, recovery, HA/DR activities, and performance tuning.