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Windows - SQL Server Upgrade Engineer

Sunrise Systems, Inc.

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Windows & SQL Server In-place Upgrade Automation Engineer

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Dallas, Texas • Today

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Next Step Systems

Charlotte, North Carolina • Today

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$100,000 - $130,000

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GreyCell Labs, Inc

Albany, New York • 6d ago

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Senior Application Systems Analyst

University Health System

San Antonio, Texas • Today

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Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

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MS SQL Database Administrator

Accylerate

Hybrid in Mechanicsville, Virginia • 3d ago

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Sr. Systems (Database) Administrator

CACI International, Inc.

Hampton, Virginia • Today

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Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Charlotte, North Carolina • Today

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Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

Noblesoft Technologies Inc.

Cary, North Carolina • Today

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Systems Engineer - Research Infrastructure & Lab Platforms - Federal Customer

Dell Technologies

McLean, Virginia • Today

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API
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Change Management
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Database
Failover
GitLab
Orchestration
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Server
Virtual Machines
SQL

Summary

Job Title: Windows - SQL Server Upgrade Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months’ contract

POSITION OVERVIEW

Our End-Client is looking for an experienced engineer to automate and support Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server upgrades across virtual machine and clustered environments.

Key Responsibilities

Automate Windows Server in-place upgrades
Automate SQL Server in-place upgrades
Support standalone SQL Server environments
Support SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)
Support SQL Always On Availability Groups
Perform rolling cluster upgrades with minimal downtime
Build PowerShell automation for upgrade, validation, and rollback activities
Integrate upgrade workflows with GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners
Integrate automation with MCM for orchestration and workflow tracking
Perform automated pre-upgrade health checks
Validate OS and SQL version compatibility
Coordinate and validate VM snapshots and backups
Validate SQL database and system database backups
Automate DBCC CHECKDB and SQL health checks
Automate cluster failover and failback
Validate SQL services, databases, SQL Agent jobs, listeners, and application connectivity
Build post-upgrade validation and reporting
Develop rollback and recovery automation
Troubleshoot failed Windows, SQL, cluster, and pipeline executions
Maintain automation code in Git
Follow change-management and production deployment processes

Core Technical Skills

Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022+
PowerShell automation
Git and GitLab
GitLab CI/CD pipelines
GitLab Runner configuration and troubleshooting
MCM workflow/orchestration integration
Windows Server Failover Clustering
SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI)
SQL Always On Availability Groups
VMware / virtual machine environments
SQL Server backup and recovery
Windows and SQL upgrade automation
REST API integration
JSON / YAML
Production change-management experience

Preferred Automation Flow

MCM → GitLab Pipeline → GitLab Runner → PowerShell Automation → Prechecks → Snapshot/Backup → Windows/SQL Upgrade → Cluster/AG Validation → Postchecks → Status back to MCM

Preferred Experience

Experience building large-scale automated Windows and SQL upgrade solutions using PowerShell, GitLab Runner, GitLab CI/CD, MCM, VM snapshots, backup validation, rolling cluster upgrades, post-validation, rollback, and centralized reporting.

Compensation:

The hourly rate for this position is between $64.00-68.00 per hour. 
Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate].

Benefits:

Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: sunrise
Position Id: 26-05069
Posted 5 hours ago

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Role : Windows & SQL Server In-place Upgrade Automation Engineer Location: Remote (US) Duration: Long Term Note: We're looking for an experienced engineer to automate and support Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server upgrades across virtual machine and clustered environments. Key Responsibilities: - Automate Windows Server in-place upgrades - Automate SQL Server in-place upgrades - Support standalone SQL Server environments - Support SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) -

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