Senior SQL Server & Azure Data Platform Engineer

Madison-Davis, LLC; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC in New Jersey is seeking a senior hands-on Database Administrator to own and modernize a Microsoft SQL Server and Azure database environment across on-premises and cloud. You will lead production DBA tasks, design HA/DR, and drive automation in a hybrid Iselin, NJ setting.

The role requires 8+ years of enterprise SQL Server experience, deep skills in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on Azure VMs, plus strong PowerShell automation and on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server administration experience.
• Hands-on SQL Server expertise and deep knowledge of Azure SQL Database and related services.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, backup and recovery.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and performance tuning.
• Ability to participate in a 24x7 production on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server and Azure-resident database platforms.
• Provide L3 support for complex database incidents and service requests.
• Maintain database availability, reliability, performance, security, and recoverability.
• Manage installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning.
• Design and support high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Plan and execute database migrations between on-premises and Azure environments.
• Troubleshoot complex database and application-performance issues.
• Automate database operations using PowerShell and related engineering tools.
• Improve monitoring, observability, capacity planning, documentation, and operational standards.

Skills

SQL Server administration

Azure SQL Database

PowerShell scripting

Incident response

Performance tuning

On-call readiness

Tools

Azure SQL Managed Instance

SQL Server on Azure VMs

Job description

Madison-Davis, LLC in New Jersey is seeking a senior hands-on Database Administrator to own and modernize a Microsoft SQL Server and Azure database environment across on-premises and cloud. You will lead production DBA tasks, design HA/DR, and drive automation in a hybrid Iselin, NJ setting.

The role requires 8+ years of enterprise SQL Server experience, deep skills in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on Azure VMs, plus strong PowerShell automation and on-call readiness.