Senior SQL Server DBA & Cloud Performance Architect

Datavail; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Job summary

Datavail is hiring a Senior Database Engineer/SQL Server DBA to join our high-performing team supporting mission-critical database systems across a wide range of clients and industries.

This isn't a traditional, reactive DBA role — we're looking for a forward-looking database professional who thinks like an engineer: automating instead of repeating manual work, treating cloud-native platforms as the default rather than the exception, and getting ahead of problems before they become a ticket.

Qualifications

• Senior-level SQL Server specialist with proactive approach to performance and reliability.
• Experience guiding cloud and architecture strategy for database environments.
• Ability to lead as Primary DBA for multiple clients and manage service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to clients, identifying risks before incidents.
• Advise on cloud database architecture, migration, and cost optimization (AWS/Azure).
• Lead architecture design, DR planning, and capacity forecasting.
• Own end-to-end database service lifecycle: backups, HA/DR, tuning, roadmap.
• Define and track SLOs for database availability and performance; drive automation.
• Lead root-cause analyses and post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence.
• Design scalable database structures, partitioning, and audit specs.
• Develop deployment/rollback scripts and coordinate version updates.
• Build automation (Python, PowerShell) for backup validation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Migrate/support SSIS packages and SSAS cubes; develop stored procedures for reporting.
• Collaborate with client teams and executives, translating findings into business recommendations.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Cloud architecture

Automation

Python

PowerShell

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

AWS RDS for SQL Server

Job description

Datavail is hiring a Senior Database Engineer/SQL Server DBA to join our high-performing team supporting mission-critical database systems across a wide range of clients and industries.

This isn't a traditional, reactive DBA role — we're looking for a forward-looking database professional who thinks like an engineer: automating instead of repeating manual work, treating cloud-native platforms as the default rather than the exception, and getting ahead of problems before they become a ticket.