Data Operations Engineer: Azure SQL Databricks & Automation

Wilson Elser; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Disability and life insurance

Generous PTO

Job summary

Wilson Elser is seeking a Data Operations Engineer in Seattle to design, deploy, and support enterprise data platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will optimize Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL, ensuring availability, security, and performance.

The role partners with data engineers, developers, and infrastructure teams to automate tasks, monitor health, and deliver scalable data services with strong HA/DR practices.

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, including SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, backup, and recovery.
• Develop and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Manage and monitor Azure SQL resources and Azure Databricks workspaces
• Monitor SQL cloud resource utilization and Databricks job scheduling.
• Coordinate data security access management with InfoSec and Infrastructure teams.
• Analyze and resolve database performance bottlenecks.
• Optimize SQL queries, indexes, execution plans, and database configurations.
• Monitor resource consumption and recommend performance improvements.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting for production systems.
• Automate operational tasks using PowerShell, T‑SQL, Azure CLI, or Python.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for database deployments using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Automate database maintenance, monitoring, and reporting processes.
• Monitor database environments using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, SQL monitoring tools, and Databricks monitoring capabilities.
• Respond to production incidents, troubleshoot issues, and perform root cause analysis.
• Maintain operational runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in on‑call support rotations when required.
• Implement database security best practices.
• Manage user access, encryption, auditing, and compliance controls.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and security remediation.

Skills

Azure SQL

MS SQL Server

T-SQL

Python

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure SQL

MS SQL Server

Azure Databricks

Job description

Wilson Elser is seeking a Data Operations Engineer in Seattle to design, deploy, and support enterprise data platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will optimize Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL, ensuring availability, security, and performance.

The role partners with data engineers, developers, and infrastructure teams to automate tasks, monitor health, and deliver scalable data services with strong HA/DR practices.