AWS SQL Server Architect & Migration Engineer

Slalom; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 138,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health/dental/vision coverage

Parental leave

Well-being reimbursement

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a hands-on SQL DBA with strong AWS experience to design, migrate, and optimize SQL Server environments on AWS (standalone EC2, WSFC, and Always On).

You will work with architects to deliver migrations, modernization initiatives, and ongoing platform improvements, focusing on automation, reliability, and governance. Excellent communication with stakeholders is essential.

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.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support SQL Server platforms on AWS
• Execute database 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

SQL Server DBA

WSFC & Always On

AWS migration

Performance tuning

SSIS

SSRS

Communication

Tools

PowerShell

CDK

Job description

Slalom is seeking a hands-on SQL DBA with strong AWS experience to design, migrate, and optimize SQL Server environments on AWS (standalone EC2, WSFC, and Always On).

You will work with architects to deliver migrations, modernization initiatives, and ongoing platform improvements, focusing on automation, reliability, and governance. Excellent communication with stakeholders is essential.