Database Engineer / Database Administrator - Tampa Bay Rays

OpenTalent; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent is building a robust data platform and seeks a Database Engineer to own the health, performance, and evolution of our enterprise data stack. You will optimize SQL Server environments now and help migrate toward Snowflake, balancing reliability with scalable data models.

The role focuses on database engineering and platform modernization, with some support for reporting. You will work with Data Engineering, Research & Development, and others to secure and scale critical databases.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL Server administration and database engineering experience.
• Ability to design scalable relational schemas and data models.
• Experience with backups, disaster recovery, and high availability.
• Familiarity with data platforms, Snowflake architecture, and cloud modernization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize SQL Server environments for reliability and performance.
• Design and implement scalable data models and stored procedures.
• Develop and manage data loading processes and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Collaborate on the design of a hybrid SQL Server/Snowflake data platform.

Skills

SQL Server

Database engineering

Performance tuning

Backups & DR

Monitoring & alerting

Snowflake

Python

ETL/ELT

Tools

Snowflake

Dagster

Python

SSMS

Job description

We Have a Data Platform to Build. Want to Help? We have a set of important problems we need to solve. Some are immediate; some are transformative. Some require deep expertise, while others are opportunities for someone to learn and grow, and we're looking for people who want to help us solve them by owning the health, performance, and evolution of our enterprise data platform.

This role will primarily support and optimize our Microsoft SQL Server environment while helping design and implement our future cloud data platform in Snowflake. The ideal candidate has strong SQL Server administration and database engineering experience, enjoys building reliable data infrastructure, and is excited to help modernize our data ecosystem. This individual will work closely with Data Engineering, Baseball Systems, Research & Development, and other departments to ensure our databases remain secure, scalable, high-performing, and capable of supporting critical business operations.

This position is focused on database engineering, administration, and platform modernization. While occasional support for reporting or one-off SQL requests is expected, analytical, reporting, and statistical modeling responsibilities are minimal.

You don't need to be an expert in everything below. Tell us what you can own today, what you can contribute to, and what you want to learn.

The challenges we’re solving

I can own this today

SQL Server Reliability & Performance

• Keep production databases healthy, secure, and highly available
• Improve performance and query execution
• Develop indexing and partitioning strategies
• Manage backups, restores, disaster recovery, and database growth
• Improve monitoring, alerting, and operational reliability

Database Engineering

• Design scalable relational schemas and data models
• Build and optimize stored procedures, views, and functions
• Improve application/database interactions

Data Platform Operations

• Keep critical data workflows running reliably
• Build automated processes for data imports and exports
• Troubleshoot failed jobs and integrations
• Create repeatable, auditable data-loading processes

Subject Matter Expertise

I can help build this

Our Future Data Platform

• Help design our Snowflake architecture
• Develop a roadmap for moving from SQL Server to Snowflake
• Design data movement and migration strategies
• Establish standards for security, governance, and performance
• Help us operate a hybrid SQL Server/Snowflake environment during the transition

Modern Data Engineering

• Build ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Dagster, or similar tools
• Automate monitoring and recovery
• Improve our data orchestration and workflow management