Senior SQL Data Engineer — DB Ownership & Cloud Modernization

Insight Global; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

WME is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own, support, and modernize its enterprise SQL data ecosystem. This role focuses on SQL Server DBA responsibilities, high availability, disaster recovery, and modernization planning, with cloud modernization and ELT/data modeling duties alongside data governance partners.

You will balance hands-on database administration with strategic initiatives, collaborating with engineering and business stakeholders to ensure reliable analytics pipelines and scalable

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data or database engineering.
• Strong experience administering and supporting SQL Server environments.
• Expertise in T-SQL, performance tuning, troubleshooting, backup/recovery, and database maintenance.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery technologies and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with ELT processes, data pipelines, and data modeling.
• Experience modernizing or migrating legacy database environments.
• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own and support the SQL Server environment, ensuring database performance, reliability, availability, and operational excellence.
• Design, maintain, and optimize data pipelines, integrations, and analytics-ready datasets.
• Lead database modernization efforts, helping transition legacy SQL environments toward modern Azure and cloud-native data platforms.
• Partner with application and engineering teams to support the data layer behind custom business applications.
• Develop and maintain database high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including backup, recovery, failover, and resiliency planning.
• Support data governance, privacy, and compliance initiatives, including GDPR, CCPA, and SOX-related controls.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.
• Contribute to long-term database strategy and architecture alongside infrastructure, architecture, and governance teams.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Backup/Recovery

High availability

Disaster recovery

ELT pipelines

Data modeling

Azure data services

Data governance

Tools

Azure

Job description

WME is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own, support, and modernize its enterprise SQL data ecosystem. This role focuses on SQL Server DBA responsibilities, high availability, disaster recovery, and modernization planning, with cloud modernization and ELT/data modeling duties alongside data governance partners.

You will balance hands-on database administration with strategic initiatives, collaborating with engineering and business stakeholders to ensure reliable analytics pipelines and scalable