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# Sr. Software Engineer (SQL Server Database Engineer)

- **Company:** U.S. Bank, National Association
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $111,605.0 - $131,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Database, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Security, Database Design, Database Servers, DevOps, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Online Transaction Processing, Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Query Optimization, SQL Stored Procedures, Transact-SQL, Snowflake, Grafana, Concurrency, Database Performance, Indexer, Git, Microsoft Fabric, Cloud Integration, Splunk, Dynatrace, Databricks
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://usbank.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/US_Bank_Careers/job/Atlanta-GA/Sr-Software-Engineer--SQL-Server-Database-Engineer-_2026-0032228

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

 - Five to six years of relevant experience

Required Skills

 * Strong SQL Server database engineering experience.
 * Expertise in T-SQL, query optimization, execution plans, and performance tuning.
 * Strong knowledge of indexing, partitioning, concurrency, and OLTP systems.
 * Experience with SQL Server 2019/2022/2025 and modern platform capabilities.
 * Proficiency in data modeling, ETL, and database architecture.
 * Experience with Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, or cloud database platforms.
 * Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD, and PowerShell automation.
 * Familiarity with Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Databricks, Snowflake, or PostgreSQL.

## Description

Seeking a Senior Database Engineer to architect, optimize, and modernize enterprise SQL Server platforms supporting high-volume transactional systems. This role focuses on database performance engineering, automation, cloud integration, and scalable data architecture rather than traditional DBA administration., * Design and develop SQL Server databases, stored procedures, functions, views, and ETL solutions.

 * Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis, and workload optimization.
 * Troubleshoot and resolve locking, blocking, deadlocks, concurrency, and performance bottlenecks.
 * Design scalable data models and database architectures for large-scale OLTP environments.
 * Collaborate with application teams on database design, data access patterns, and performance best practices.
 * Implement modern SQL Server capabilities including Query Store, Columnstore Indexes, CDC, Temporal Tables, and In-Memory OLTP.
 * Drive database automation, CI/CD deployments, and modernization initiatives using DevOps tools.
 * Lead production issue resolution, root cause analysis, and establish database engineering standards.