Senior SQL Server & Azure Database Engineer

AccruePartners; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners seeks a senior SQL Server DBA to own a large enterprise SQL Server environment during a live Azure transformation. You will direct performance tuning, automation, and CI/CD practices while shaping standards and deployment processes in a collaborative, on-site role in Fort Mill, SC.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on SQL Server experience, strong HA/DR, and migration tooling expertise, with clear communication and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server administration experience in production enterprise environments.
• Strong SQL Server performance tuning including execution plans, indexing, Query Store, and stored procedures.
• Experience managing backup, recovery, high-availability, and disaster recovery in production environments.
• Experience with Windows SQL Server clustering and Always On Availability Groups.
• Experience supporting SQL Server migrations, preferably involving Azure Database Migration Service or similar tooling.
• Experience administering SQL Server in Azure IaaS, including VM sizing and storage configuration.
• Scripting experience (PowerShell or Python) to automate routine tasks.
• Experience with ETL/data integration using SSIS or Azure Data Factory.
• Strong communication and collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to PostgreSQL or other modern databases is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate a large-scale enterprise SQL Server environment during Azure transformation.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance issues and optimize indexing and queries.
• Automate routine database administration tasks using scripting and CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish and enforce database standards and deployment practices across environments.
• Collaborate with Azure Cloud Architect and infrastructure teams to integrate standards into new environments.

Skills

SQL Server administration

Performance tuning

Azure SQL / Azure IaaS

CI/CD automation

PowerShell / Python scripting

Backup & disaster recovery

Always On Availability Groups

SQL migrations / tooling

Tools

Git

Azure SQL Database

SQL Server

Job description

AccruePartners seeks a senior SQL Server DBA to own a large enterprise SQL Server environment during a live Azure transformation. You will direct performance tuning, automation, and CI/CD practices while shaping standards and deployment processes in a collaborative, on-site role in Fort Mill, SC.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on SQL Server experience, strong HA/DR, and migration tooling expertise, with clear communication and cross-team collaboration.