SQL Server Reliability & Automation Engineer

DeWinter Group; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DeWinter Group is seeking a hands-on SQL Server Database Engineer to ensure reliability, performance, and automation of critical database environments. You will troubleshoot production issues, optimize queries, and automate tasks across SQL Server, AWS, and modern data platforms.

You will diagnose bottlenecks, manage backups and security, and collaborate with application teams on production issues. On-call rotations and on-site/remote flexibility are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production environments.
• Strong understanding of execution plans, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Experience with backup, recovery, security, maintenance, patching, and upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Support and troubleshoot high-availability MS SQL Server production environments.
• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks including blocking and deadlocks.
• Analyze execution plans to optimize queries and indexing.
• Manage backup, recovery, security, maintenance, patching, and upgrades.
• Support disaster recovery strategies and high-availability configurations.
• Automate routine database operations using Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines and automate database deployment processes.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and scheduled workflows.
• Collaborate with application teams to resolve production issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure availability.

Skills

SQL Server production support

Query tuning

Performance troubleshooting

Automation scripting

Root-cause analysis

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Git

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

DeWinter Group is seeking a hands-on SQL Server Database Engineer to ensure reliability, performance, and automation of critical database environments. You will troubleshoot production issues, optimize queries, and automate tasks across SQL Server, AWS, and modern data platforms.

You will diagnose bottlenecks, manage backups and security, and collaborate with application teams on production issues. On-call rotations and on-site/remote flexibility are part of the role.