Senior SQL Server DBA & Cloud Performance Engineer

Datavail; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavail is seeking a Senior Database Engineer/SQL Server DBA to join our high-performing team, supporting mission-critical database systems across diverse clients. This role emphasizes engineering-minded automation, cloud-first platforms, and proactive problem prevention rather than reactive tickets.

As the Primary DBA for multiple clients, you will drive performance tuning, cloud architecture guidance, and end-to-end DB service delivery, including backup, HA/DR planning, and automation

Qualifications

• Senior SQL Server DBA with strong engineering mindset and automation focus.
• Experience optimizing T-SQL, indexing, and execution plans.
• Advising clients on cloud database architecture and migrations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to clients, proactively identifying risks before incidents.
• Lead architecture design, DR planning, and capacity forecasting for databases.
• Own end-to-end database service lifecycle including backup strategies and HA/DR.
• Define and track SLOs for availability and performance with automated remediation.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive automation improvements.
• Design scalable database structures, including partitioning and auditing.
• Develop deployment/rollback scripts and coordinate updates across environments.
• Build automation (Python, PowerShell) for backup validation, monitoring, and reporting integrations.
• Migrate/support SSIS packages and SSAS cubes; develop procs for reporting.
• Collaborate with client technical teams and executives to translate findings into business recommendations.

Skills

T-SQL optimization

Query performance tuning

Cloud database architecture

SQL Server expertise

Client advisory

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

AWS RDS for SQL Server

Power BI

Job description

Datavail is seeking a Senior Database Engineer/SQL Server DBA to join our high-performing team, supporting mission-critical database systems across diverse clients. This role emphasizes engineering-minded automation, cloud-first platforms, and proactive problem prevention rather than reactive tickets.

As the Primary DBA for multiple clients, you will drive performance tuning, cloud architecture guidance, and end-to-end DB service delivery, including backup, HA/DR planning, and automation