Data Operations Engineer: Azure SQL & Databricks

Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement savings plan

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Competitive PTO

Job summary

Wilson Elser is seeking a Data Operations Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise data platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will excel in Microsoft SQL Server (On‑Premises), Azure SQL, and Azure Databricks, focusing on availability, performance, security, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities include maintaining database infrastructure, supporting data workloads, automating tasks, and collaborating with data engineers, developers, and infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering.
• 4+ years of experience administering Azure SQL and MS SQL Server environments.
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL programming and query optimization.
• Experience with SQL Server backup and recovery strategies.
• Knowledge of High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and performance monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Python scripting.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, or CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ensure compliance with organizational governance and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server on-premises environments.
• Manage Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance environments.
• Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, and capacity planning.
• Perform database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migrations.
• Configure and manage high availability and disaster recovery solutions (Always On, failover, backup).
• Develop and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Manage Azure SQL resources and Azure Databricks workspaces.
• Monitor SQL cloud resource utilization and Databricks job scheduling.
• Coordinate data security access with InfoSec and Infrastructure teams.
• Analyze and resolve database performance bottlenecks and optimize queries.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting for production systems.
• Automate operations using PowerShell, T-SQL, Azure CLI, or Python.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for database deployments (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
• Maintain runbooks and SOPs; participate in on-call rotations.
• Respond to incidents and perform root cause analysis.

Skills

Azure SQL

MS SQL Server

T-SQL

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

GitHub

SQL performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Databricks

GitHub Actions

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Wilson Elser is seeking a Data Operations Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise data platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will excel in Microsoft SQL Server (On‑Premises), Azure SQL, and Azure Databricks, focusing on availability, performance, security, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities include maintaining database infrastructure, supporting data workloads, automating tasks, and collaborating with data engineers, developers, and infrastructure