Senior SQL Infrastructure and Development DBA

** This is an opportunity to join our dynamic team of SQL Server database professionals working together managing environments and implementing interesting projects for our clients. This position is fully remote (indefinitely). ** 

Emergent Software is seeking a Senior SQL Server Infrastructure & Development DBA who is a smart, passionate, and detail oriented and enjoys a mix of DBA work and database development using Microsoft SQL Server to deliver solutions on behalf of our clients. A qualified candidate has knowledge of configuration & managing SQL Server infrastructure and databases and database development experience. This 100% remote position is for self-starters with good communication skills, work ethic, and the ability to manage work across numerous clients and priorities. 

Highlights & Benefits of working at Emergent Software 

• Work closely with other talented database professionals & software engineers. Our vetting process means you can count on your team members to know what they are talking about. 

• Work from home or work remotely from anywhere 

• Flexible work schedule meaning you can work regular hours or whenever you work best 

• Work-life balance is essential and highly valued at Emergent Software. If you choose to work more than 40 hours, you’ll be compensated for the extra work! 

• Work on interesting projects solving complex business problems with custom software. 

• 100 hours per year to focus on your professional development. We invest in your growth! 

• Grow your career without leaving the tech track. At Emergent Software, you can advance and be recognized as a technical expert without transitioning into people management. We value deep technical expertise as much as leadership and have established clear career paths for those who want to stay hands-on. 

• Profit sharing bonus means as we’re successful, you’re successful 

• Variable compensation opportunities for being part of on-call team rotation and performing client focused work outside of normal business hours 

• Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, FSA, disability, life insurance, and paid parental leave 

Responsibilities 

• Lead the design and implementation of database architecture, including advanced HA/DR solutions (Always On Availability Groups, failover clusters, geo-replication) 

• Perform capacity planning, growth forecasting, and resource optimization 

• Define and enforce database standards, best practices, and security policies 

• Conduct performance baselining, advanced performance tuning, and optimization at the server, instance, and storage levels 

• Design and implement disaster recovery plans and perform regular DR testing 

• Guide and mentor junior and mid-level DBAs, providing technical leadership 

• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and application teams on enterprise-level initiatives 

• Review and approve major database schema changes, migrations, or new deployments 

• Conduct database audits and compliance checks (SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) 

• Manage enterprise monitoring solutions and proactively identify performance bottlenecks 

• Engage in strategic planning, advising on technology roadmap and future-state architecture 

• Participate in budgeting and licensing discussions related to SQL Server environments 

• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) on critical incidents and implement preventative measures 

• Oversee automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency (PowerShell scripting, automation frameworks) 

• This role requires participation in on-call up to 2x per month. 

Required Experience 

• 5+ years of experience doing SQL Server related work 

• Advanced SQL syntax 

• Alerting configuration in SQL Server Agent 

• Parallelism settings tuning 

Nice to Have Experience 

• Prior consulting experience 

• Red Gate SQL Monitor 

• Replication and/or log shipping configuration 

• Virtual machine configuration in VMware and/or Hyper-V 

• Windows clustering configuration 

• Disk and network performance evaluation 

Our Vetting Process 

At Emergent Software, we work hard to find the best data engineering professionals capable of providing robust consulting and high-quality services to our clients. If you think you’re one of those, please understand that the effort put into this by people like yourself helps us be successful in surrounding you with other top-notch engineers. Here are the steps of our vetting process for this position: 

1. Application (5 minutes) 

2. Online Assessment (40-50 minutes) 

3. Initial Phone Interview (30-45 minutes) 

4. At-Home SQL Server Challenge (3-4 hours) 

5. Technical Interview (60 minutes) 

6. Final Interview (45 minutes)

6. Job Offer! 

Benefits Package Details

• Medical Insurance: up to 80% of your monthly medical premium (HSA options available)

• HSA Contribution: up to $144/month

• Dental & Vision Insurance: up to 50% of your monthly dental and vision premium costs

• 401(k) plan: company match up to 4% of salary

• Profit sharing bonus: up to 15% of salary paid quarterly

• Extra compensation: get paid extra for work over 40 hours/week

• Employee referral & customer referral bonuses

• Flex Spending Account (FSA) for Dependent Care & Healthcare Costs

• Dependent Care FSA Contribution: $90/month

• Short Term Disability: $500/week for 12 weeks

• Long Term Disability: up to $6,000/month

• Group term life and AD&D insurance: $50k

• PTO, standard holidays, 2 floating holidays

• Paid parental leave: 2 weeks

• Staff development program: 100 hours/year plus training costs

About Emergent Software

Emergent Software is a fast-growing software development, cloud consulting, and data engineering company serving clients across the country. We are regularly adding to our team of talented software engineers, cloud architects, data engineers, UX designers, technical product owners and more who can help us deliver high quality services for our clients.

We are a remote-first company
Since our inception, we've embraced a remote-friendly culture, promoting work flexibility beyond the norm. When the pandemic struck in 2020, our transition to fully remote work was seamless—just a matter of cleaning out the fridge. Recognizing an opportunity, we adopted a remote-first approach and began hiring talent from anywhere. We continue to offer our signature Minnesota-nice, Midwest-friendly attitude, ensuring everyone feels valued, whether or not they're familiar with the skyway system.

Your career grows with us
Working with talented engineers on interesting projects creates an engaging environment for software development enthusiasts. By working directly with our experienced team, participating in our staff development program, and solving complex problems across a variety of projects, you’ll find numerous opportunities for long-term career growth.

At Emergent Software, your ideas will be heard, you will grow exponentially as a master of your craft, and you will enjoy working other dedicated team members to deliver software solutions for our clients.

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