Senior SQL & Azure Database Engineer

MCG Health; United States; Remote; USD 136,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K retirement plan

Paid time off + personal days

Parental leave

Job summary

MCG Health seeks a Senior Database Engineer to design, deploy, and support SQL Server environments across on‑premises and Azure deployments. You will lead performance tuning, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery while collaborating with Engineering and Support teams to resolve complex issues.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Windows Server and SQL Server administration, strong T-SQL skills, and experience in Azure-hosted production systems, with excellent communication and a proactive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of Windows Server (2019+) administration.
• 5+ years of SQL Server (2019+) administration and database design.
• 5+ years of T-SQL development, including stored procedures and database design.
• 5+ years of SQL Server performance tuning and optimization.
• 5+ years supporting and optimizing SQL Server 2019 clusters on an Azure VM.
• 5+ years supporting web applications in an n-tier architecture.
• Experience supporting production systems in Azure-hosted environments.
• Experience in APM (Application Performance Monitoring), such as Azure Monitor, Datadog, New Relic, etc.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize SQL Server environments hosted on Azure.
• Administer and support a large fleet of production SQL Server instances.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database and application performance issues.
• Perform database upgrades, patching, backups, restores, and disaster recovery.
• Support data extracts, data scrubbing, and maintenance activities.
• Deploy and configure customer environments and application components.
• Partner with Engineering and Support teams to resolve advanced application issues in Windows, IIS, and SQL Server environments.
• Infrastructure scalability improvements.
• Performance tuning and optimization.
• Elimination of manual operational processes.
• Utilize AI-driven and advanced analytics tools to enhance database development and detect issues.
• Serve as a technical escalation point and mentor for support team members.
• Develop deep expertise in provisioning, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Track, document, and proactively manage customer issues using ticketing systems.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Operate independently while owning outcomes end-to-end.

Skills

Windows Server

SQL Server

T-SQL

Azure

Performance tuning

Automation scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Azure Monitor

Datadog

New Relic

SQL Server

IIS

Job description

MCG Health seeks a Senior Database Engineer to design, deploy, and support SQL Server environments across on‑premises and Azure deployments. You will lead performance tuning, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery while collaborating with Engineering and Support teams to resolve complex issues.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Windows Server and SQL Server administration, strong T-SQL skills, and experience in Azure-hosted production systems, with excellent communication and a proactive