Database Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Execute Professional Services engagements across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and Azure SQL, including performance optimization, version upgrades, consolidations, and platform migrations.

• Implement and evaluate high availability and disaster recovery solutions, incorporating Availability Groups, log shipping, replication, and failover cluster instances.

• Perform database health checks and assessments, documenting findings and recommendations for clients.

• Migrate databases between on-premises infrastructures and cloud services like Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, including Azure SQL Managed Instance and Amazon RDS.

• Participate in discovery calls with Account Executives and senior consultants, articulating technical options in accessible language and assisting with the scope of proposed work.

• Add technical content and effort estimates to proposals and statements of work.

• Resolve technical challenges during engagements and escalate to senior consultants when necessary.

• Develop and maintain scripts and documentation that support database builds, schema modifications, and task automation.

• Clearly communicate status updates, risks, and obstacles to clients and the internal project team.

• Identify follow-on needs during engagements, including potential Managed Services opportunities, and relay them to the account team.

• Achieve annual goals such as billable utilization, client satisfaction, contribution to Professional Services opportunities, and growth in platform expertise and certifications.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of four years of experience in database administration or database engineering.

• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and practical experience with at least one of PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MySQL.

• Proficient in performance tuning, including indexing, query optimization, and wait analysis.

• Experience in implementing or supporting high availability and disaster recovery solutions.

• Familiarity with cloud database services such as Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Amazon RDS.

• Scripting capabilities using T-SQL and PowerShell or a comparable language.

• Proven experience in direct communication with clients or business stakeholders.

• Candidates must be able to provide proof of legal working status for any employer in the U.S.

• Experience in consulting, professional services, or managed services while supporting multiple clients simultaneously.

• Exposure to Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric.

• Involvement in sales discussions, discovery calls, or proposal development.

• Possession of Microsoft, AWS, or PostgreSQL certifications.

• Familiarity with ITSM and time tracking tools such as Zendesk and Harvest.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Retirement plan.

• Fully remote position.

• Healthy work-life balance.

• Occasional travel for client engagements and company events.