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# Senior Database Engineer

- **Company:** Inspyr Solutions
- **Location:** Windsor County, VT, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $83,200 - $104,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Java (Programming Language), Databases, Data Security, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL, Operational Databases, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Server Administration, Service Pack, Software Engineering, SQL Stored Procedures, Transact-SQL, Freeform SQL, Concurrency, Database Optimization, Database Performance, Cassandra
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-database-engineer-white-river-junction-vt--f0b5f8fd-dd25-4bf4-a013-a4781e6e93a6

## About the Role

Database Programming, Database Programming, Software Engineering, Database Administration, Microsoft SQL Server, Software Patches, Software Administration, Product Engineering, Production Systems, Identify Issues, * 6+ years of hands-on experience with SQL Server, with a strong focus on performance tuning

 * Expert-level ability to analyze and optimize complex T-SQL queries
 * Deep understanding of execution plans, statistics, and the query optimizer
 * Proven experience designing and tuning indexing strategies
 * Strong knowledge of concurrency, isolation levels, locking, and blocking
 * Track record of troubleshooting and resolving production database performance issues
 * Experience working directly with application development teams (not only in an operations/DBA role)

Nice to Have

 * Experience with PostgreSQL
 * Experience with Cassandra or other NoSQL databases
 * Familiarity with how application code (e.g., Java/ORM frameworks) shapes database performance

## Description

We're creating a new role for a Senior Database Engineer to bring dedicated SQL Server performance expertise to our engineering team. This is not a traditional DBA position. You won't be focused on backups, patching, or infrastructure. You'll work directly with software engineers to diagnose and fix database-driven performance problems in our products. Our engineers are strong with databases. What we need is a specialist who goes deep on execution plans, indexing, and query tuning, and who can raise the whole team's database performance skills., * Diagnose and resolve SQL Server performance issues in production and pre-production environments

 * Analyze, rewrite, and optimize complex SQL queries and stored procedures
 * Read and interpret execution plans to find bottlenecks and inefficiencies
 * Design and refine indexing strategies to improve query performance
 * Find and resolve concurrency issues, including blocking, deadlocks, and locking contention
 * Work with software engineering teams on data access patterns, query design, and schema decisions
 * Share database performance best practices and build that expertise across the team