Sr. Database Engineer- Cloud

About Us

bswift is a leading benefits administration technology company delivering modern, cloud-based solutions to employers and health plans across the United States. Our platform supports millions of employees through some of the most complex benefits transactions in the industry. We are evolving our database function into a true engineering organization—and this role is part of that transformation.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Engineer (Cloud DBA) to join our Database Engineering team. This is a hands-on, high-impact role designed for a database professional who thrives on deep SQL Server expertise, automation, operational excellence, and cloud modernization. You will partner closely with Engineering, DevOps, Analytics, and Infrastructure teams to improve reliability, eliminate operational toil, and build scalable database platform capabilities that support our growing business.

What You’ll Do

The Senior Database Engineer (Cloud DBA) is responsible for the design, administration, optimization, automation, and reliability of enterprise database environments supporting mission-critical business applications. This role will lead initiatives to improve database performance, availability, security, and operational efficiency while helping transform traditional DBA practices into modern database engineering capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines deep SQL Server expertise with a strong engineering mindset, leveraging automation, Infrastructure as Code, cloud technologies, and DevOps principles to build repeatable and scalable database solutions.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Administer, optimize, and support SQL Server 2019+ environments hosted on AWS EC2.
• Design, implement, and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including Always On Availability Groups, clustering, replication, and failover testing.
• Perform and continuously improve operational processes including backups, restores, database refreshes, index maintenance, patching, and capacity planning.
• Monitor database performance and troubleshoot issues using execution plans, query analysis, Extended Events, SQL Profiler, and enterprise monitoring tools.
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