Senior DBA Engineer - Cloud SQL Modernization (Remote)

Fuze Health Inc.; Vermont; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental & Vision

401(k) plan

Flexible vacation

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Fuze Health is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to lead the modernization of our Hospice platform's database stack. You will drive SQL Server on EC2 modernization, including migrations to AWS RDS, upgrades from SQL Server 2016, and testing for compatibility and performance.

You will also modernize SSIS/SSRS, optimize costs, and mentor the Hospice DBA team in cloud DB operations, monitoring with Datadog and CloudWatch, and HITRUST E1 compliance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in database administration.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (2016+) performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server version upgrades and end-of-support migrations (e.g., off SQL Server 2016).
• Strong hands-on experience with SSIS (building, maintaining, and migrating ETL packages) and SSRS (report development and administration).
• Experience with AWS RDS (SQL Server) setup, migration, monitoring, Multi-AZ.
• Experience with AWS-native ETL and data migration tooling (AWS DMS, AWS Glue).
• Experience migrating or modernizing SSIS/SSRS workloads to AWS-native ETL and reporting services.
• Experience with Terraform for database infrastructure management.
• Experience with other database engines (PostgreSQL, Aurora) for future modernization.
• Experience with Windows Server administration.
• AWS certifications (Database Specialty, Solutions Architect).
• Experience mentoring junior DBAs or application developers on database best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of the SQL Server modernization on EC2: migration to AWS RDS (SQL Server) and/or in-place version upgrade off SQL Server 2016 ahead of end of support, including compatibility and upgrade testing.
• Assess, migrate, and maintain the existing SSIS ETL packages and SSRS reports — either re-platforming to AWS-native ETL and reporting services or retaining and upgrading them on SQL Server on EC2.
• Drive database cost optimization: right-sizing instances, evaluating Reserved Instances, storage tiering, and eliminating unnecessary licensing costs.
• Upskill and mentor the existing Hospice SQL DBA team on AWS database operations, RDS management, and cloud best practices.
• Establish cloud-native database monitoring, alerting, and performance baselines using Datadog and CloudWatch.
• Design and implement automated backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes using AWS Backup.
• Collaborate with the DevOps team on infrastructure automation (Terraform for RDS).
• Ensure HITRUST E1 compliance for all database systems (encryption, access controls, audit logging).
• Support the Hospice application team with database-related development needs.
• Evaluate future database modernization opportunities (PostgreSQL, Aurora) for the 2027 roadmap.

Skills

SQL Server (2016+) expertise

SSIS ETL

SSRS reporting

AWS RDS/EC2

Terraform

Datadog

CloudWatch

Database modernization

Mentoring DBAs

Tools

AWS RDS

Terraform

Datadog

CloudWatch

AWS Glue

AWS DMS

SQL Server on Windows

Job description

Fuze Health is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to lead the modernization of our Hospice platform's database stack. You will drive SQL Server on EC2 modernization, including migrations to AWS RDS, upgrades from SQL Server 2016, and testing for compatibility and performance.

You will also modernize SSIS/SSRS, optimize costs, and mentor the Hospice DBA team in cloud DB operations, monitoring with Datadog and CloudWatch, and HITRUST E1 compliance.