SQL Server Database Engineer/SQL Platform Engineer/SQL Server DBA- Remote-W2

We are seeking an experienced MSSQL Database Engineer to design, build, manage, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery, supporting mission-critical enterprise applications and data platforms.

This role will work closely with application teams, data engineers, and infrastructure teams to ensure database reliability, scalability, and performance.

• Install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments.

• Design and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions (Always On, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Replication).

• Perform database performance tuning and query optimization.

• Monitor database health, capacity, and resource utilization.

• Manage backups, restores, and recovery strategies.

• Implement security, access controls, encryption, and auditing.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production database issues.

• Support database upgrades, patches, and migrations.

• Collaborate with development teams on database design and best practices.

• Automate routine DBA tasks using scripts and tools.

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (2012+ / 2016+ / 2019+).

• Advanced T-SQL development and query optimization.

• Experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups.

• Experience with backup/recovery and disaster recovery planning.

• Experience with performance tuning (indexes, execution plans, wait stats).

• Experience with SQL Server security and compliance.

• Experience with Windows Server and basic infrastructure concepts.

• Experience with monitoring tools (SSMS, Redgate, SentryOne, SolarWinds, or similar).