Cloud Database Engineer – Azure, Terraform & AI-Driven Tuning

Subway; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Plans (Medical, Life)

Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)

Competitive Bonus

Mobility Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement

Company Holidays

Volunteering time

And More……

Job summary

Subway is seeking a Cloud Database Engineer to administer and optimize cloud database platforms across AWS/Azure, ensuring high availability and security. You will collaborate with development, cloud engineering, and architecture teams to scale Subway’s data infrastructure and drive performance improvements.

The role focuses on provisioning, tuning, backup, and DR, with a strong emphasis on Terraform-based provisioning and AI/ML-assisted optimization. On-site Miami, FL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of database administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• 8+ years of experience with Windows system administration.
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• 3+ years of experience designing and testing HA/DR configurations for production database systems.
• 3+ years using Terraform to provision and manage cloud database services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database.
• Experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and index design.
• Experience applying AI/ML tools to database performance optimization, anomaly detection, or query analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and manage cloud database services including Azure SQL Database.
• Design and implement high-availability and disaster recovery configurations for all database platforms.
• Monitor database performance; identify and resolve bottlenecks through query tuning and index optimization.
• Enforce database security standards including encryption at rest and in transit, access controls, and audit logging.
• Manage database backup, restoration, and point-in-time recovery procedures; conduct regular DR tests.
• Collaborate with application and architecture teams on schema design, capacity planning, and migrations.
• Develop and maintain database runbooks, standards documentation, and change management procedures.
• Evaluate emerging cloud database technologies and provide recommendations for platform improvements.
• Coach Infrastructure colleagues on Active Directory and vulnerability remediation best practices.

Skills

Database administration

Windows administration

SQL Server

HA/DR design

Terraform

Azure SQL Database

Query tuning

AI/ML for performance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technology/CS/IS

Tools

Terraform

Azure SQL Database

Microsoft SQL Server

Job description

Subway is seeking a Cloud Database Engineer to administer and optimize cloud database platforms across AWS/Azure, ensuring high availability and security. You will collaborate with development, cloud engineering, and architecture teams to scale Subway’s data infrastructure and drive performance improvements.

The role focuses on provisioning, tuning, backup, and DR, with a strong emphasis on Terraform-based provisioning and AI/ML-assisted optimization. On-site Miami, FL.