Data Platform Engineer - Azure SQL & Databricks

Justia, Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Generous PTO

Corporate discounts

Job summary

Wilson Elser is seeking a Data Operations Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise data platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. The role emphasizes Microsoft SQL Server (On-Premises), Azure SQL, and Azure Databricks, with a focus on availability, performance, security, and operational excellence.

You will maintain critical database infrastructure, support data engineering workloads, automate processes, monitor health, and collaborate with data engineers, developers, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years administering Azure SQL and MS SQL Server.
• Experience administering Azure Databricks environments.
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL and query optimization.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and performance tools.
• Familiarity with PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Python scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub).
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and documentation skills.

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, and capacity planning.
• Perform installation, configuration, patching, upgrades and migrations.
• Configure high availability and disaster recovery (Always On, failover, backup).
• Develop and maintain backup, restore, and DR procedures.
• Manage Azure SQL resources and Azure Databricks workspaces.
• Coordinate data security access management with InfoSec and Infra teams.
• Analyze performance bottlenecks and optimize queries and indexes.
• Automate tasks using PowerShell, T-SQL, Azure CLI, or Python.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for database deployments (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
• Monitor with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics; respond to incidents and perform RCA.

Skills

SQL troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Azure SQL Database

Azure Databricks

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Python scripting

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Wilson Elser is seeking a Data Operations Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise data platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. The role emphasizes Microsoft SQL Server (On-Premises), Azure SQL, and Azure Databricks, with a focus on availability, performance, security, and operational excellence.

You will maintain critical database infrastructure, support data engineering workloads, automate processes, monitor health, and collaborate with data engineers, developers, and