Senior SQL Performance Engineer (Florham Park, NJ)

Matlen Silver; New Jersey; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a skilled SQL/DBA professional in New Jersey to design and optimize complex databases, ensure high availability, and lead ETL/ERP integrations. The role focuses on SQL development, performance tuning, security, and data governance across multi-system environments.

Responsibilities include building scalable schemas, maintaining data integrity, and guiding migration initiatives, with strong emphasis on production support and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and maintaining complex SQL databases.
• Expertise in performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
• Proven ability to manage production DBs with high availability and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Optimize SQL Server performance through query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and monitoring.
• Manage and support production SQL databases, ensuring high availability, reliability, and data integrity.
• Design and maintain scalable database schemas and data structures.
• Develop, support, and troubleshoot SSIS/ETL solutions for data migration, transformation, and integration.
• Implement database security, backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Lead data migration and integration initiatives across multiple systems and platforms.
• Ensure data governance, quality, compliance, and reporting accuracy.
• Provide technical leadership and support for database management, reporting, and ERP integrations.

Skills

SQL development

Query optimization

DB administration

ETL/SSIS

Data governance

Tools

SQL Server

SSIS

SSRS

ETL tools

Job description

• Design and develop complex SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Optimize SQL Server performance through query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and monitoring.
• Manage and support production SQL databases, ensuring high availability, reliability, and data integrity.
• Design and maintain scalable database schemas and data structures.
• Develop, support, and troubleshoot SSIS/ETL solutions for data migration, transformation, and integration.
• Implement database security, backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Lead data migration and integration initiatives across multiple systems and platforms.
• Ensure data governance, quality, compliance, and reporting accuracy.
• Provide technical leadership and support for database management, reporting, and ERP integrations.