Senior Database Reliability Engineer

place; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) match

Stock options

Health insurance

Flexible work

Job summary

place is seeking a senior engineering leader to transform a newly acquired SQL Server environment into a hardened, automated, and observable platform. You will collaborate with engineering, analytics, finance, and leadership to safeguard availability, recoverability, and performance at multi-terabyte scale in a 24x7 production setting.

You will own availability and disaster recovery, implement Always On, log shipping, backups, and automation with PowerShell, T-SQL, Python, and IaC.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in production database engineering with 24x7 ownership.
• Proven ability to perform restores under pressure.
• Expertise in SQL Server 2016+ with Always On and replication.

Responsibilities

• Own availability, recoverability, and performance for all SQL Server platforms.
• Operate Always On, failover clustering, log shipping, and replication.
• Lead incident response and DR planning including annual DR exercises.
• Maintain SSIS packages and SSRS reports, and build new T-SQL, SPs, and SSIS where needed.
• Automate patching, index and statistics maintenance, integrity checks, backups, and environment refreshes via PowerShell, T-SQL, Python, or IaC tooling.
• Build telemetry, alerting, and runbooks, and participate in a shared on-call rotation.

Skills

Always On

T-SQL

Python

PowerShell

AWS

Disaster recovery

Tools

SSIS

SSRS

SQL Server

AWS EC2/RDS

Job description

Role overview

A senior engineering role charged with transforming a newly acquired SQL Server environment into a hardened, automated, and fully observable platform. The position partners across engineering, analytics, finance, and leadership to safeguard availability, recoverability, and performance at multi-terabyte scale in a 24x7 production setting.

Responsibilities

• Own availability, recoverability, and performance for every SQL Server platform in the acquired estate, including inventory, backup validation, and test restores that prove Recovery Time Objectives
• Operate high availability features including Always On, failover clustering, log shipping, and replication, and run planned failover exercises on a published cadence
• Lead incident response, write post-incident reviews with tracked corrective actions, and own disaster recovery planning including annual DR exercises
• Maintain and extend SSIS packages and SSRS reports, and build new T-SQL, stored procedures, and SSIS where needed
• Automate patching, index and statistics maintenance, integrity checks, backup verification, and environment refreshes via PowerShell, T-SQL, Python, or infrastructure-as-code tooling
• Build telemetry, alerting, and thorough runbooks, and participate in a shared on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 environment

Requirements

• 10+ years in production database engineering with direct operational ownership of a 24x7 environment
• Demonstrated execution of measured restores under pressure rather than passive monitoring of backup jobs
• Deep expertise in SQL Server 2016+, including Always On availability groups, failover clustering, and transactional replication
• Advanced T-SQL, execution plan analysis, and indexing strategy, with the judgment to root-cause at the schema level when appropriate
• Hands-on AWS experience with RDS, RDS Custom, or EC2, plus at least one on-prem-to-cloud migration
• Automation fluency in PowerShell and/or Python combined with proactive stakeholder communication

Nice to have

• Migrating or retiring legacy Microsoft BI assets into a modern cloud data platform
• AWS DMS for replication and migration
• Snowflake, dbt, or comparable modern warehouse tooling
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Aurora experience
• Azure SQL exposure
• Operating through a post-acquisition integration
• Property, mortgage, or fintech domain background

Benefits and work setup

• Base compensation of $130,000 - $150,000 plus equity
• Location-flexible working arrangement spanning home, office, and travel
• PTO, comprehensive insurance, 401(k) match, stock option grants, and an employee stock purchase plan