Senior SQL Server DBA & Data Engineer III - Cloud & On-Prem

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Utah; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase & Co. within Neovest seeks a seasoned Data Engineer III to design and deliver trusted data collection, storage, access, and analytics in secure, scalable platforms. You will administer SQL Server on-premises, Azure VM, and GCP, enforce standards, and support critical pipelines and reporting systems.

The role involves leading incident response, tuning performance, and driving SDLC improvements with AI-assisted validation while ensuring data sensitivity compliance.

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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the platform administrator for PMS SQL Server databases in both production and non-production environments.
• Design, maintain, and enhance platform architectures for on-premises, Azure VM, and 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 (e.g., test generation and control validation), ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to resiliency and security expectations.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

Always On Availability Groups

Windows Server Failover Clustering

T-SQL

Production database management

Git version control

Incident response leadership

Documentation skills

NoSQL databases

AI in data engineering

Data security and governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

Azure SQL Server VM

GCP SQL Server VM

SSRS / SQL reporting

Excel

Metabase

Job description

JPMorganChase & Co. within Neovest seeks a seasoned Data Engineer III to design and deliver trusted data collection, storage, access, and analytics in secure, scalable platforms. You will administer SQL Server on-premises, Azure VM, and GCP, enforce standards, and support critical pipelines and reporting systems.

The role involves leading incident response, tuning performance, and driving SDLC improvements with AI-assisted validation while ensuring data sensitivity compliance.