Senior SQL Server DBA & Data Engineer

JPMorgan Chase; Pleasant Grove (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase within Neovest is seeking a Data Engineer III to design, implement, and administer secure, scalable SQL Server databases across on‑premises, Azure VM, and GCP. You will support critical data pipelines and reporting while ensuring availability, security, and efficient operation.

You will lead performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and AI-enabled data workflows with strong validation and governance. Collaboration and thorough documentation are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Experience in Microsoft SQL Server engineering and administration.
• Strong knowledge of Always On Availability Groups, Windows Server Failover Clustering, backup/restore, and performance tuning.
• Advanced T-SQL skills, including troubleshooting complex scenarios.
• Experience managing large fleets of production databases across multiple customer environments.
• Proficiency with Git-based source control and database change workflows.
• Ability to lead production incident response and conduct postmortem analysis.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL databases.
• Experience with statistical data analysis and selecting appropriate tools and methods.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support data engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted outputs before use, escalating when uncertain and following data handling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the platform administrator for PMS SQL Server databases in production and non-production.
• Design, maintain, and enhance platform architectures for on-premises, Azure VM, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) SQL Server instances.
• Establish and enforce standards for database availability, performance, security, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Install, configure, patch, and maintain SQL Server instances in on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage performance tuning, indexing, replication, encryption, and secure configuration standards.
• Oversee high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, including Always On and clustering.
• Implement and maintain database monitoring, capacity planning, cost optimization, and scaling strategies.
• Administer backup and restore processes using SQL Server tools, PowerShell, and automation frameworks.
• Provision, configure, and support GCP database services.
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate data pipeline/design analysis and documentation, validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
• Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices to strengthen SDLC-quality routines for data pipelines, ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to resiliency and security expectations.

Skills

SQL Server

Always On

T-SQL

Git / version control

Incident response

Documentation

NoSQL

Data analysis

AI in data engineering

AI output validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

GCP

PowerShell

Job description

JPMorganChase within Neovest is seeking a Data Engineer III to design, implement, and administer secure, scalable SQL Server databases across on‑premises, Azure VM, and GCP. You will support critical data pipelines and reporting while ensuring availability, security, and efficient operation.

You will lead performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and AI-enabled data workflows with strong validation and governance. Collaboration and thorough documentation are essential to success.