Senior Database Engineer (SQL Server + MongoDB)
Technology Company
Reston, VA, United States
14 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Computing
Databases
Data Security
Database Security
Monitoring of Systems
Identity and Access Management
Python (Programming Language)
Microsoft SQL Server
MongoDB
Operational Databases
Performance Tuning
+5 more
Windows PowerShell
Scripting
System Availability
Database Performance
Indexer
Job description
We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer to own and improve our production data systems across SQL Server and MongoDB in a 24/7 environment. This role focuses on performance, reliability, security, and proactive database management.
Responsibilities
- Diagnose and resolve database performance issues (SQL Server & MongoDB)
- Optimize queries, indexing, and data access patterns
- Own monitoring, alerting, and database health
- Design and maintain backup and recovery processes
- Support high availability and scalability
- Implement and maintain database security best practices (access control, auditing, patching)
- Partner with developers on schema design and optimization
- Lead investigation of production incidents
Requirements
6+ years SQL Server experience in production
- Strong MongoDB experience (performance tuning, indexing, replication)
- Experience with database security and access management
- Proven production troubleshooting experience
- Experience with 24/7 systems
Nice to Have
- Azure or other cloud experience
- Monitoring tools
- Scripting (PowerShell, Python)
- Experience with database security best practices (access control, encryption, auditing)
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