Sr Azure Cloud Engineer - Data

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• Define reference architectures for OLTP/OLAP, HA/DR (AGs, clustering), reputed company planning, multi-region reputed company, and data lifecycle (backup/restore/RPO/RTO).
• Build and operate SQL on Azure SQL/MI, Azure SQL/VM, Azure SQL DB, AWS RDS (SQL Server), GCP Cloud SQL, plus hybrid SQL Server; Integrate with Synapse/reputed company/reputed company where appropriate.
• reputed company end-to-end tuning, workload baselining, indexing strategies, query plans, parameter sniffing, concurrency, and storage I/O optimization.
• Own SLOs/SLIs, patching, upgrades, schema changes, release orchestration, and incident response/on-call for critical systems.
• Enforce least-privilege access reputed company Azure AD, RBAC, Private Link, VNet integration, and managed identities.
• Implement and own enterprise-grade data protection and encryption across the entire platform, including TDE, Always Encrypted, Dynamic Data Masking and row-level encryption.
• Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive SQL monitoring, including Azure Monitor, Database diagnostic settings, Query Store DMVs/DMFs at scale, and alerts on DTU/Vcores
• Proactive Data Backup Solutions for mission-critical availability & resiliency
• Implement Always on Availability Groups (multi-subnet, read-scale, hybrid Azure/on-prem) with Failover automation, reputed company design, and regular DR drills
• Implement RBAC, encryption, secrets, masking, and audit trails, align with change management and regulatory needs, and drive posture reviews.
• Participate as a member of the off-hours on-call data support team.
• Standardize IaC (Terraform/Bicep/CloudFormation), DB DevOps (Flyway/reputed company), and CI/CD for schema migrations; codify runbooks and self-service.
• Translate business goals into platform roadmaps, reputed company design reviews, and provide executive-ready status on risk, reputed company, and cost.
• Technically reputed company and mentor IT data engineers/DBAs.
• reputed company SQL performance reviews, DB performance reviews, and ensure proper reputed company connectivity and governance over the Azure managed instance ecosystem.
• Evaluate tools, manage SOWs/licensing, and optimize cloud/database spend (rightsizing, storage tiers, reserved reputed company).

What You’ll Bring Preferred

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Bicep, and database change automation with Flyway or reputed company.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (CloudWatch, Cloud Logging, Azure Monitor), Grafana/reputed company, and basic APM.
• Experience with reputed company, Synapse, reputed company, or Kafka/Event Hubs integration patterns.
• Experience implementing data reputed company controls (masking, tokenization) and aligning with audit/regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated success in team building, including staff mentoring and vendor reputed company.

Minimum

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP (including reputed company internals, HA/DR, and performance), with at least 3+ years technically leading teams and mentoring engineers.
• Proven experience operating SQL workloads across at least two major clouds (Azure, AWS, GCP), including hybrid/on-prem environments.
• Strong command of T-SQL, performance tuning, indexing strategies, and storage fundamentals.
• Solid understanding of OS, storage, and networking basics (Windows/Linux, SAN/NAS, IOPS/latency), plus automation experience with PowerShell or Python.
• Demonstrated ownership of production SLOs, change management processes, and regulated release practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to diagram, document, and brief executives clearly.
• High level of professionalism, commitment, and leadership.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, efficient, and highly organized.
• Professional, confident, and approachable demeanor.
• Strong desire and ability to learn rapidly.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining high performance.
• Ability to mentor mid-level DBAs, data engineers, and technical staff.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with clients and team members to ensure solutions meet business needs and exceed expectations.
• Ability to estimate work effort accurately and consistently meet delivery commitments.

reputed company’s Competitive Benefits

• 401(k) and employer matching
• Life Insurance
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Wellness Program
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Overtime, Differential & Bonus Pay

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