Key Facts

Remote From:

Anywhere

Category: Database Administrator

Fixed term

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

SQL (Programming Language) Microsoft Azure Entity Framework (EF) Core Database Tuning SQL Azure Observability Application Analytics Data Caching Scale (Map) SQL Azure +17 more

Other Skills

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Teamwork

Roles & Responsibilities

Experience with SQL Server and/or Azure SQL in production environments.
Strong hands-on experience with performance tuning, indexing strategy, execution plans, query optimization, and high-volume OLTP systems.
Experience supporting .NET / C# / Entity Framework applications.
Azure experience: Azure SQL, App Service integrations, monitoring (Application Insights, Log Analytics), or related tooling.

Requirements:

Analyze production database performance using Query Store, execution plans, wait stats, indexing patterns, and application telemetry.
Review and optimize SQL Server / Azure SQL configuration, indexing, query patterns, and connection usage.
Collaborate with .NET teams on Entity Framework performance issues, including tracking, query splitting, compiled queries, paging, bulk operations, and connection pooling.
Identify high-impact bottlenecks and propose safe remediation plans; support production-readiness reviews and collaborate with DevOps/architecture teams on observability, scaling, backups, and resilience.

Job description

This is a remote position.

Seeking a senior database engineer who can improve performance, reliability, and scalability of a business-critical Azure/.NET platform. This person must be able to work across Azure SQL / SQL Server, Entity Framework usage patterns, indexing, query optimization, performance diagnostics, and production database operations.

This is not a reporting-only DBA role. We need someone who can partner with application engineers and architects to identify root causes, not just tune symptoms.

Key responsibilities:

Analyze production database performance using Query Store, execution plans, wait stats, indexing patterns, and application telemetry.
Review and improve SQL Server / Azure SQL configuration, indexing, query patterns, and connection usage.
Work with .NET teams on Entity Framework performance issues, including tracking, query splitting, compiled queries, paging, bulk operations, and connection pooling.
Identify high-impact database bottlenecks and propose safe remediation plans.
Support production-readiness reviews for rate, quote, policy, claims, and customer-related workflows.
Help define database standards for future modularization and service boundaries.
Partner with DevOps and architecture teams on observability, scaling, backup, resilience, and environment strategy.

Requirements

Skills	Required/Preferred	Years	Candidate Experience
Experience with SQL Server and/or Azure SQL in production environments.	Required	8
Strong hands-on experience with performance tuning, indexing strategy, execution plans, query optimization, and high-volume OLTP systems.	Required
Experience supporting .NET / C# / Entity Framework applications.	Required
Azure experience: Azure SQL, App Service integrations, monitoring, Application Insights, Log Analytics, or related tooling.	Required
Ability to explain technical database problems in business terms.	Required
Insurance, fintech, banking, lending, or other regulated industry experience.	Required
Experience with monolith-to-modular modernization.	Required
Experience with high-scale quote, pricing, rating, or transaction-heavy systems.	Required
Knowledge of Redis, caching strategies, and distributed system performance.	Required