Remote Azure SQL Specialist — Performance & Migrations

Team Venti; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Team Venti, based in Austin, TX, seeks a Microsoft SQL Specialist for a fully remote role. You will modernize SQL environments across on-prem and Azure, driving performance, cost efficiency, and reliability while collaborating with clients and internal teams.

You bring 6+ years of Microsoft SQL Server experience, Azure expertise, and a strong focus on tuning, migrations, and DevOps for databases. This remote position supports Azure workloads and cloud transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise environments.
• Advanced English level.
• Proven expertise in Azure SQL offerings and cloud-based deployments.
• Experience with SQL performance tuning, query optimization, and cost optimization strategies.
• Hands-on experience migrating SQL workloads to Azure.
• Experience with DevOps practices for database deployments.
• ITIL-aligned processes familiarity and ITIL certification.
• Additional SQL or Azure certifications.
• Competitive compensation based on experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze SQL Server environments to identify performance issues and implement tuning improvements.
• Design and migrate SQL workloads from on-premises to Azure SQL services.
• Implement and optimize Azure SQL deployments including configuration, scaling, monitoring.
• Drive SQL cost optimization by analyzing usage and right-sizing resources.
• Optimize complex SQL queries and stored procedures to boost performance.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure SQL environments align with architecture and operations.
• Support DevOps for database lifecycle management including CI/CD integration.
• Provide guidance on SQL best practices and cloud adoption.

Skills

SQL tuning

Query optimization

Cloud cost optimization

Client communication

Education

ITIL certification

Azure certifications

Tools

Azure SQL

SQL Server

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Team Venti, based in Austin, TX, seeks a Microsoft SQL Specialist for a fully remote role. You will modernize SQL environments across on-prem and Azure, driving performance, cost efficiency, and reliability while collaborating with clients and internal teams.

You bring 6+ years of Microsoft SQL Server experience, Azure expertise, and a strong focus on tuning, migrations, and DevOps for databases. This remote position supports Azure workloads and cloud transformation initiatives.