Senior Data Platform Engineer — Onsite, SQL, Cloud & Automation

Fischer Homes; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Competitive Compensation

401(k) with Company matching & profit‑

Employee Life Insurance

Personal time off

Inclusive Leave

Job summary

Fischer Homes seeks an IT Senior Data Platform Engineer to own the enterprise data platform, ensuring performance, availability, security, and modernization of SQL Server and cloud databases. The role blends DBA work, cloud engineering, and automation to support mission-critical systems and analytics.

The position is 100% onsite in Erlanger, KY, with high collaboration across analytics, development, and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server administration experience in production environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience supporting SQL Server in AWS and/or Azure environments, including networking and identity fundamentals.
• Strong SQL expertise with the ability to partner with developers on schema optimization and query performance improvements.
• Strong scripting and automation experience using PowerShell and/or Python.
• Demonstrated experience building monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer, optimize, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments including performance tuning, indexing, patching, capacity planning, and HA/DR design.
• Design, implement, and routinely test backup/restore and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Lead the transition from self-managed SQL Server environments to managed cloud database services.
• Build proactive monitoring, alerting, and observability standards across SQL Server, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, and cloud services.
• Implement database security best practices including least privilege access, encryption, credential management, and auditing controls.
• Drive scripting and automation initiatives using PowerShell and/or Python to standardize provisioning and operational processes.

Skills

SQL Server admin

Cloud AWS/Azure

SQL performance

PowerShell

Python

Monitoring/incident

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

Amazon RDS for SQL Server

Azure SQL Managed Instance

IaC/CI-CD tooling

Job description

Fischer Homes seeks an IT Senior Data Platform Engineer to own the enterprise data platform, ensuring performance, availability, security, and modernization of SQL Server and cloud databases. The role blends DBA work, cloud engineering, and automation to support mission-critical systems and analytics.

The position is 100% onsite in Erlanger, KY, with high collaboration across analytics, development, and infrastructure teams.