Lead Database Engineer – SQL Server & Platforms

Travel Leisure Resort Development Inc; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending accounts

Life and accident coverage

Disability

Paid time off & holidays

Wish day

401k with employer match

Legal and identity theft plan

Wellness program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Travel + Leisure Co. is seeking a Database Engineer III (Lead Engineer) to drive design, implementation, upgrade, and migration of enterprise SQL Server platforms.

You will coordinate with architecture, security, MSP operations, and application teams to ensure scalable, secure, and well‑documented solutions. You’ll provide senior-level escalation support for performance, availability, backup/recovery, and incident resolution, while mentoring engineers and guiding standards adoption across the

Qualifications

• Lead design, implementation, upgrade, migration, and lifecycle management of database platforms.
• Ability to coordinate across MSP, application, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Strong ownership of performance, availability, backup/recovery, and security.
• Experience mentoring engineers and guiding standards adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead database engineering delivery across enterprise SQL Server environments.
• Act as senior escalation point for performance, availability, and incidents.
• Drive platform modernization, automation, and lifecycle planning.
• Coordinate tasks, validate approaches, and manage risk across projects.
• Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle Database

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Travel + Leisure Co. is seeking a Database Engineer III (Lead Engineer) to drive design, implementation, upgrade, and migration of enterprise SQL Server platforms.

You will coordinate with architecture, security, MSP operations, and application teams to ensure scalable, secure, and well‑documented solutions. You’ll provide senior-level escalation support for performance, availability, backup/recovery, and incident resolution, while mentoring engineers and guiding standards adoption across the