Senior Database Reliability Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Insurance

401(k) match

Stock option grants

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

place is seeking a senior SQL Server engineer to transform a multi-terabyte, 24x7 production environment into a hardened, automated, and observable platform. You will partner with engineering, analytics, finance, and leadership to safeguard availability, recoverability, and performance across the acquired estate.

You will own backups, DR planning, and high availability using Always On, clustering, log shipping, and replication, while extending SSIS/SSRS and building runbooks and telemetry for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of production database engineering with 24x7 ownership.
• Proven ability to perform restores under pressure.
• Deep SQL Server 2016+ expertise including Always On and replication.
• Advanced T-SQL, indexing, and execution plan analysis.
• Hands-on AWS with RDS/EC2, and at least one on-prem-to-cloud migration.
• Automation fluency in PowerShell and/or Python with proactive communication.

Responsibilities

• Own availability, recoverability, and performance for all SQL Server platforms.
• Manage high availability features and run planned failover exercises.
• Lead incident response, DR planning, and post-incident reviews.
• Maintain SSIS/SSRS and develop new T-SQL, procedures, and SSIS as needed.
• Automate patching, maintenance, backups, and environment refreshes via scripts and IaC.
• Build telemetry, alerts, and runbooks; participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

SQL Server

Always On

Failover clustering

T-SQL

Performance optimization

AWS (RDS/EC2)

PowerShell

Python

Automation

Incident response

Tools

SSIS

SSRS

Infrastructure as Code

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