Azure SQL DB Engineer - Hybrid, Performance & Data

Socket.dev; Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonus structure

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Professional development opportunities

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

RMX Monitoring, LLC is seeking an experienced Azure Database Engineer to design, optimize, and maintain databases on Azure SQL and Microsoft SQL Server. You will analyze performance, tune queries, and collaborate with software teams to ensure scalable data access across applications.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of hands‑on experience with T‑SQL, EF Core, and ORM techniques, and is comfortable working on cloud‑based data platforms. Hybrid schedule with occasional HQ visits is expected.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of hands‑on database administration and development experience.
• Strong experience with Azure SQL Database and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Advanced knowledge of T‑SQL development and performance tuning.
• Proven experience with database indexing strategies, query optimization, and execution plan analysis.
• Experience working with Entity Framework Core (EF Core) and LINQ to Entities.
• Solid understanding of ORM concepts and data access optimization techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize databases hosted on Azure SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Develop, troubleshoot, and optimize complex T-SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Analyze and improve database performance through index optimization, execution plan analysis, and query tuning.
• Monitor database health, capacity, availability, and security.
• Collaborate with software development teams to optimize data access patterns and application performance.
• Review and improve EF Core data access code, LINQ-to-Entities queries, and ORM implementations.
• Participate in database design, schema changes, migrations, and deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot production issues related to data access, performance, and scalability.
• Implement and maintain data archival, backup, and recovery strategies.
• Support cloud-based data solutions and contribute to data platform modernization initiatives.

Skills

Database performance tuning

T‑SQL development

EF Core / LINQ

Problem solving

Tools

EF Core

LINQ to Entities

ORM concepts

Azure Storage / Cosmos DB

Job description

RMX Monitoring, LLC is seeking an experienced Azure Database Engineer to design, optimize, and maintain databases on Azure SQL and Microsoft SQL Server. You will analyze performance, tune queries, and collaborate with software teams to ensure scalable data access across applications.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of hands‑on experience with T‑SQL, EF Core, and ORM techniques, and is comfortable working on cloud‑based data platforms. Hybrid schedule with occasional HQ visits is expected.