Sr. Database Engineer

Overview

On Site
$60 - $70
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

aws
iac
terraform
powershell
devops
sql server

Job Details

Join Our Team in Agoura Hills, CA!

We are seeking a skilled professional to join our dynamic team in Agoura Hills, CA, for a leading Financial Services client. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a 100% onsite role with a 6-month Contract-to-Hire arrangement.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade database systems within a mortgage lending environment.
  • Collaborate with software developers, business analysts, and operations teams to ensure database infrastructure is efficient, secure, and scalable.
  • Enhance performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and apply best practices in data management.
  • Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and security measures to support mission-critical workloads.
  • Drive automation and consistency across environments using PowerShell scripting and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
  • Manage and optimize AWS-based SQL Server workloads, ensuring cost efficiency and scalability.
  • Oversee multi-environment deployment strategies, ensuring seamless Dev, QA, and Prod delivery.

Required Skills:

  • PowerShell Experience: Strong ability to develop robust, idempotent PowerShell scripts for SQL Server configuration, security, and maintenance. Hands-on experience with the dbatools PowerShell module is highly advantageous.
  • AWS Expertise: Solid understanding of EC2, EBS, S3, and networking fundamentals. Ability to apply cost optimization strategies to large-scale SQL Server workloads on AWS.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Terraform: Experience designing and managing AWS infrastructure for SQL Server using Terraform. Skilled in authoring Terraform configurations for EC2, EBS, Security Groups, and IAM roles.
  • SQL Server Experience: Expertise in SQL Server installation, configuration, security hardening, and performance optimization. Proven success designing and implementing High Availability & Disaster Recovery solutions, especially Always On Availability Groups.
  • Deployment Strategy: Experience building multi-environment deployment pipelines (Dev, QA, Prod) and skilled in parameterization techniques for handling environment-specific configurations and secrets in Terraform and PowerShell.
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