Azure SQL Mastery: Database DevOps & Cloud Data Engineer

Paycom; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadleaf Services seeks a senior Database Engineer to optimize SQL Server performance, tune T-SQL, and manage Azure SQL Managed Instances with automated backups and HA. You’ll steer migrations from on‑premise SQL Server and Oracle to Azure, handling discovery, rehearsal, cutover, and rollback planning while championing IaC for repeatable environments.

Responsibilities include securing data with modern IAM, building monitoring pipelines, and enabling AI-ready data pipelines with RAG-friendly

Qualifications

• Mastery of SQL Server internals, advanced T-SQL engineering, concurrency control, and relational database design.

Responsibilities

• Maintain core database health with SQL Server and T-SQL performance tuning.
• Architect and manage Azure SQL Managed Instances, sizing, backups, and HA configurations.
• Lead migrations from on-prem SQL Server (and Oracle) to Azure SQL MI.

Skills

SQL Server internals

T-SQL engineering

Azure SQL Managed Instances

Data platform migrations

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps & CI/CD

Security and IAM

Cloud networking (Azure)

Monitoring & telemetry

Vector AI / retrieval patterns

Tools

Git

CI/CD platforms

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Job description

Broadleaf Services seeks a senior Database Engineer to optimize SQL Server performance, tune T-SQL, and manage Azure SQL Managed Instances with automated backups and HA. You’ll steer migrations from on‑premise SQL Server and Oracle to Azure, handling discovery, rehearsal, cutover, and rollback planning while championing IaC for repeatable environments.

Responsibilities include securing data with modern IAM, building monitoring pipelines, and enabling AI-ready data pipelines with RAG-friendly