Senior SQL Database Engineer — Azure, HA & DR

Windward Risk Managers

Boca Raton (FL)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

3 days ago

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401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Windward Risk Managers is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to steward the Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL estate across on-prem and cloud environments. You will own backup, recovery, DR, performance tuning, security, and capacity planning, collaborating with Systems, Network, and Security teams.

This on-site role in Boca Raton offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities to lead high-availability implementations.

Qualifications

7 to 10 years of database administration experience in a hybrid (cloud and on-premises) environment.
Hands-on production experience designing and managing Microsoft SQL Server, including high-availability configurations (Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering).
Administrator-level experience with Azure SQL Database and / or Azure SQL Managed Instance (provisioning, access control, storage, cost governance).
Solid understanding of database backup and disaster-recovery concepts, including Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective, replication, log shipping, snapshots, immutability, point-in-time recovery, and DR testing.
Strong performance-tuning skills, including query optimization, indexing strategy, execution-plan analysis, and capacity planning.
Practical PowerShell and T-SQL scripting skills; working knowledge of Windows Server and enterprise storage.
Strong problem-solving skills, the ability to prioritize effectively, and clear written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary administrator for the company’s Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL / Managed Instance environments across on-prem data centers and Azure, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and instance consolidation.
Design, implement, and maintain database high-availability and disaster-recovery architecture, including Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, log shipping, and replication, aligned to defined RTO/RPO targets.
Own the database backup strategy, covering native and third-party backups, transaction-log management, point-in-time recovery, retention, and immutability, coordinating with Systems.
Continuously monitor, tune, and optimize database performance, including query and index tuning, execution plans, wait-statistics analysis, capacity and growth planning, and resource governance.
Size and scale the company’s database estate across both Azure and on-premises data centers, right-sizing compute, memory, and storage capacity and expanding resources accordingly.
Administer database security, including authentication, RBAC, encryption (TDE, Always Encrypted), key management, and least-privilege enforcement, with Security team.
Contribute to the business continuity program, supporting BIA, recovery strategies, and testing of continuity plans as systems change.
Monitor database health, capacity, and SLA compliance; perform root cause analysis on failures and incidents and implement preventive measures.
Automate administration, verification, and reporting with PowerShell and T-SQL; maintain runbooks and documentation; serve as escalation point.
Serve as a subject matter expert for database administration, performance, high availability, and recovery operations.