Senior SQL DBA: Azure Migration & Hybrid Cloud Expert

NextStep Recruiting; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NextStep Recruiting, in partnership with a financial services organization, seeks a Senior SQL Database Engineer in Dallas, TX. The role is hybrid and centers on supporting enterprise SQL Server environments while driving the migration from on-premises infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.

The ideal candidate will combine deep database administration skills with growing cloud expertise, owning database performance, availability, and modernization initiatives and communicating across teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of SQL Server database administration or related database engineering experience.
• Strong T-SQL skills with performance tuning, indexing, backups, restores, and optimization.
• Experience with HA/DR and replication in highly available SQL environments.
• Hands-on Azure experience with on-premises to cloud migrations.
• Strong communication and problem-solving across data, infrastructure, and applications.

Responsibilities

• Own database performance, availability, and modernization initiatives.
• Support enterprise SQL Server environments while migrating to Microsoft Azure.
• Collaborate with data, infrastructure, and application teams across the organization.

Skills

SQL Server DBA experience

T-SQL

HA/DR & replication

Azure cloud migrations

Cross-team communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

SQL Server

Job description

NextStep Recruiting, in partnership with a financial services organization, seeks a Senior SQL Database Engineer in Dallas, TX. The role is hybrid and centers on supporting enterprise SQL Server environments while driving the migration from on-premises infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.

The ideal candidate will combine deep database administration skills with growing cloud expertise, owning database performance, availability, and modernization initiatives and communicating across teams.