Senior Database Engineer – PostgreSQL/SQL Server on Azure

McKesson; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards

Annual bonus opportunities

Job summary

McKesson seeks a Lead Database Engineer to own and evolve PostgreSQL and SQL Server platforms across on-premises and Azure environments. This role drives strategy, architecture, reliability, and automation. You will partner with security, SRE, and application teams to ensure scalable and secure database services enterprise-wide.

You’ll mentor engineers and DBAs, set engineering standards, and present recommendations to senior leaders, focusing on availability, performance, and governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in database administration/engineering or related platforms.
• 5+ years in senior/architect/lead roles in production database environments.
• 5+ years designing and operating databases in public cloud environments, Azure preferred.
• Expert PostgreSQL administration including HA, replication, performance tuning and upgrades.
• Strong SQL Server and Azure SQL experience in enterprise environments.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional database initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own design, implementation, operation, and evolution of PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Azure SQL environments.
• Lead cloud modernization and database migration initiatives with strategy and cutover planning.
• Establish standards, architectures, runbooks, governance, and roadmaps for platform scalability.
• Design highly available, cost-efficient database solutions including DR, backup, replication, and failover.

Skills

PostgreSQL admin

SQL Server admin

Azure cloud

Leadership

Mentoring

Incident response

Terraform

Liquibase

CI/CD automation

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Monitor

GitHub Actions

Job description

McKesson seeks a Lead Database Engineer to own and evolve PostgreSQL and SQL Server platforms across on-premises and Azure environments. This role drives strategy, architecture, reliability, and automation. You will partner with security, SRE, and application teams to ensure scalable and secure database services enterprise-wide.

You’ll mentor engineers and DBAs, set engineering standards, and present recommendations to senior leaders, focusing on availability, performance, and governance.