Remote Cloud SQL Server DBA - AWS Migration & HA Specialist

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced MS SQL Server DBA L3 to support large-scale migration of SQL Server environments from on-premises infrastructure to AWS.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in SQL Server administration, cloud migration, performance tuning, high availability, and production support. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on SQL Server DBA experience.
• Experience migrating SQL Server workloads to AWS.
• Strong knowledge of HA/DR and Always On.
• Familiarity with EC2, VPC, Security Groups for cloud SQL Server.
• Proficient in backups, restore, performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end migration of Microsoft SQL Server databases from on-premises environments to AWS (primarily SQL Server on Amazon EC2).
• Assess existing SQL Server environments, dependencies, backups, HA/DR configurations, and migration readiness.
• Design and execute migration, cutover, validation, and rollback plans.
• Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server environments on AWS.
• Perform database migrations using Backup/Restore, Log Shipping, Replication, Always On, and other migration approaches.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, infrastructure, security, and business teams throughout the migration lifecycle.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

AWS migration

Performance tuning

High availability

Production support

Backup/Recovery

Tools

Amazon EC2

SQL Server

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced MS SQL Server DBA L3 to support large-scale migration of SQL Server environments from on-premises infrastructure to AWS.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in SQL Server administration, cloud migration, performance tuning, high availability, and production support. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.