Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. JDA TSG is a company that equips major brands with specialized talent and business process expertise. They are seeking a Microsoft SQL Server & Azure SQL Customer Engineer to help customers modernize and optimize their enterprise data platforms, serving as a trusted technical advisor in designing high-performing SQL Server environments.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to customers on Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL technologies, guiding modernization strategies, database migrations, performance optimization, high availability, and cloud adoption
- Lead technical workshops and solution envisioning sessions to help customers design scalable, secure, and resilient data platform architectures
- Advise customers on modernizing SQL Server workloads, including upgrades, migration from on-premises and non-SQL Server platforms to Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure IaaS
- Deliver architecture reviews, health assessments, and executive briefings focused on SQL Server performance, scalability, resiliency, and operational best practices
- Guide customers on implementing enterprise-grade High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions utilizing Always On Availability Groups, Windows Failover Clustering, geo-replication, backup and recovery strategies, and Azure-native resiliency capabilities
- Recommend best practices for SQL Server performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, database design, capacity planning, and workload optimization
- Advise customers on implementing secure database environments utilizing Azure AD Authentication, Managed Identity, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Always Encrypted, SQL Auditing, Microsoft Defender for SQL, and Advanced Threat Protection
- Share reference architectures, modernization strategies, and industry best practices to enable customer self-sufficiency and long-term platform success
- Serve as a trusted advisor to customers by providing deep technical expertise in SQL Server and Azure SQL, translating business, performance, security, and modernization requirements into scalable database platform architectures
- Deliver high-impact technical workshops, conduct health check assessments and architecture reviews, serving as a trusted advisor on SQL Server performance, modernization, security, high availability, and database best practices
- Lead strategic customer engagements, architecture reviews, technical workshops, and executive briefings to drive adoption of Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL technologies
- Lead workshops, conduct assessments, and architectural reviews to identify performance gaps, recommend remediation strategies, and define future-state modernization roadmaps
- Collaborate with product engineering, support, and account teams to resolve complex customer challenges and influence platform adoption and long-term customer success
- Demonstrated ability to lead discussions with both technical and executive stakeholders, translating complex database architectures into business-focused outcomes
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with experience influencing decisions across large enterprise organizations
Skills
- 10-15+ years of experience in enterprise database administration, SQL Server architecture, cloud data platforms, or database modernization, with a strong focus on Microsoft technologies
- Recognized expert in Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL technologies, with experience designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise database platforms across on-premises, Azure IaaS, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Serve as a trusted advisor to customers by providing deep technical expertise in SQL Server and Azure SQL, translating business, performance, security, and modernization requirements into scalable database platform architectures
- Deliver high-impact technical workshops, conduct health check assessments and architecture reviews, serving as a trusted advisor on SQL Server performance, modernization, security, high availability, and database best practices
- Lead strategic customer engagements, architecture reviews, technical workshops, and executive briefings to drive adoption of Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL technologies
- Lead workshops, conduct assessments, and architectural reviews to identify performance gaps, recommend remediation strategies, and define future-state modernization roadmaps
- Collaborate with product engineering, support, and account teams to resolve complex customer challenges and influence platform adoption and long-term customer success
- Demonstrated ability to lead discussions with both technical and executive stakeholders, translating complex database architectures into business-focused outcomes
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with experience influencing decisions across large enterprise organizations
- Microsoft SQL Server: Enterprise SQL Server architecture, performance tuning, query optimization, T-SQL development, Query Store, indexing strategies, partitioning, schema design, SQL code reviews, capacity planning, and SQL Server upgrades
- Azure SQL Platform: SQL Server on Azure IaaS, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Arc, elastic pools, geo-replication, auto-failover groups, and database modernization
- Modern Data & Analytics: Power BI, Power BI Embedded, DAX, Power Query, reporting modernization, analytics platform integration, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics and Microsoft Fabric
- Database Migration & Modernization: Migration from legacy and non-SQL Server platforms, SQL Server upgrades, Azure Database Migration, workload modernization, migration assessments, and cloud adoption strategies
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Always On Availability Groups, Windows Failover Clustering, backup and recovery, geo-replication, disaster recovery planning, resiliency architecture, and business continuity
- Performance Engineering: Query tuning, execution plan analysis, Query Store, intelligent insights, indexing optimization, storage management, workload analysis, database capacity planning, and performance troubleshooting
- Security & Compliance: Azure AD Authentication, Managed Identity, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Always Encrypted, SQL Auditing, Microsoft Defender for SQL, Advanced Threat Protection, encryption, auditing, and secure database design
- Database Administration: Replication, policy-based management, Extended Events, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), PowerShell automation, licensing, and operational best practices
- Advanced Data Technologies: Databricks, Spark SQL, Python, vector databases, vector search, AI and Copilot capabilities, and modern data platform innovation
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