Sr. Database Engineer

Insight Global; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Senior Database Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience to design, administer, and optimize enterprise database environments. The role focuses on SQL Server and PostgreSQL engineering, performance tuning, scalability, and high availability while supporting modern data platforms powered by CockroachDB, Kafka, Flink, and Debezium.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in distributed database architecture, real-time data integration, replication strategies, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing enterprise database environments.
• Focus on SQL Server and PostgreSQL engineering, performance tuning, scalability and high availability.
• Expertise in distributed database architecture, real-time data integration, replication strategies and scalable data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and optimize enterprise database environments for reliability and performance.
• Balance SQL Server and PostgreSQL engineering with modern data platforms like CockroachDB, Kafka, Flink, Debezium.
• Implement replication strategies and scalable data pipelines to support real-time analytics.

Skills

Senior Database Engineer

SQL Server administration

Performance tuning

High availability

Distributed databases

Data pipeline design

Tools

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Debezium

Job description

• Senior-level SQL Server Database Engineer (7+ years)
• Strong expertise in PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, and replication.
• Experience with Cockroach DB
• Experience building and supporting real-time data integrations using Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Debezium.
• Understanding of distributed databases, data replication, and scalable data pipeline design and support.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Database Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing enterprise database environments. This role will focus on SQL Server and PostgreSQL engineering, performance tuning, scalability, and high availability while supporting modern data platforms powered by CockroachDB, Kafka, Flink, and Debezium. The ideal candidate will have expertise in distributed database architecture, real-time data integration, replication strategies, and the design and support of scalable data pipelines that drive critical business applications and analytics across the organization.