Senior Cloud DB Engineer – AWS/SQL Server | Hybrid

thehartford; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer to design, build, and operate SQL Server workloads on AWS EC2 and Windows, with VMware and cloud automation experience. The ideal candidate will have extensive SQL Server administration and development background, plus Powershell, Ansible, and Terraform skills.

This hybrid role requires working three days a week in our offices (Columbus, OH; Chicago, IL; Hartford, CT; Charlotte, NC).

Qualifications

• 7-12 years experience with SQL Server Administration, Development or Architecture.
• 3+ years of experience working on cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, with preference on AWS.
• 6+ years of highly technical experience of Microsoft SQL Server, Availability Groups and Failover Clusters.
• 5+ years of development/automation experience using Powershell and Powershell remoting via WinRM.
• 2+ years of experience using Ansible to configure Windows systems using WinRM (Chef, Puppet experience will also be considered).
• 2+ years of experience with Terraform.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Cloud Database Engineer will work closely with a team of database product specialists and help enhance our product portfolio of database products on the AWS platform with a core focus on SQL Server products deployed on EC2.
• The ability to work on other platforms such as Linux and with other database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Oracle and NoSQL is desirable but not required.
• You use AI tools to enhance productivity while retaining ownership of decisions.
• Knows how applications should be engineered by following fault tolerant best practices, separation of duties, observability, and being operator friendly.
• Leverage AI to improve operational effectiveness, such as analyzing logs, metrics, incidents, and configuration drift, and to support faster root‑cause analysis and remediation.
• Design, build, and operate SQL Server on Windows across VMware and AWS EC2.

Skills

SQL Server

AWS

Powershell

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Tools

VMware

Windows Server

WinRM

Job description

The Hartford is seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer to design, build, and operate SQL Server workloads on AWS EC2 and Windows, with VMware and cloud automation experience. The ideal candidate will have extensive SQL Server administration and development background, plus Powershell, Ansible, and Terraform skills.

This hybrid role requires working three days a week in our offices (Columbus, OH; Chicago, IL; Hartford, CT; Charlotte, NC).