Remote Senior Cloud DB Administrator – AWS SQL Server & ETL

Fuze Health Inc.; Lake Michigan Beach (MI); Remote; USD 126,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental & Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Fuze Health is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join the Technology Platform team for the Hospice business unit. You will lead the AWS database modernization, migrating SQL Server workloads to RDS or upgrading on EC2, and modernizing SSIS ETL and SSRS reporting while driving cost optimization.

You will mentor the Hospice SQL DBA team on cloud database operations, establish monitoring with Datadog and CloudWatch, and help define the 2027 modernization roadmap, including

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in database administration.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (2016+) performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server version upgrades and end-of-support migrations (e.g., off SQL Server 2016), including compatibility-level and upgrade testing.
• Strong hands-on experience with SSIS (building, maintaining, and migrating ETL packages) and SSRS (report development and administration).
• Experience with AWS RDS (SQL Server) setup, migration, monitoring, Multi-AZ
• Experience with AWS-native ETL and data migration tooling (AWS DMS, AWS Glue) and/or a clear plan for modernizing SSIS-based ETL in AWS
• Experience with database migration projects (on-premises or EC2 to RDS, and in-place EC2 version upgrades)
• Strong understanding of backup/restore strategies, point-in-time recovery, cross-region replication
• Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, SQL Server DMVs)
• Proficiency in T-SQL, stored procedures, and query optimization
• Experience working in regulated environments (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2)

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute the SQL Server modernization on EC2: migration to AWS RDS (SQL Server) and/or in-place version upgrade off SQL Server 2016 ahead of end of support, including compatibility and upgrade testing
• Migrate and maintain the existing SSIS ETL packages and SSRS reports — either re-platforming to AWS-native ETL and reporting services (e.g., AWS Glue, DMS) or retaining and upgrading them on SQL Server on EC2
• Drive database cost optimization: right-sizing instances, evaluating Reserved Instances, storage tiering, and eliminating unnecessary licensing costs
• Upskill and mentor the existing Hospice SQL DBA team on AWS database operations, RDS management, and cloud best practices
• Establish cloud-native database monitoring, alerting, and performance baselines using Datadog and CloudWatch
• Design and implement automated backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes using AWS Backup
• Perform query optimization, index management, and capacity planning
• Collaborate with the DevOps team on infrastructure automation (Terraform for RDS)
• Ensure HITRUST E1 compliance for all database systems (encryption, access controls, audit logging)
• Support the Hospice application team with database-related development needs
• Evaluate future database modernization opportunities (PostgreSQL, Aurora) for the 2027 roadmap

Skills

SQL Server

SSIS

SSRS

AWS RDS

Datadog

CloudWatch

Terraform

T-SQL

HIPAA/HITRUST

Tools

AWS DMS

AWS Glue

SQL Server DMVs

Job description

Fuze Health is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join the Technology Platform team for the Hospice business unit. You will lead the AWS database modernization, migrating SQL Server workloads to RDS or upgrading on EC2, and modernizing SSIS ETL and SSRS reporting while driving cost optimization.

You will mentor the Hospice SQL DBA team on cloud database operations, establish monitoring with Datadog and CloudWatch, and help define the 2027 modernization roadmap, including