Senior Database Engineer

eClinical Solutions

Senior Database Engineer optimizing SQL Server and Databricks databases at eClinical Solutions. Collaborating with engineering teams to ensure high performance and security standards.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $132,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudEntity FrameworkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage, maintain, and optimize SQL Server databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security
Manage, maintain, and optimize Databricks databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security
Manage, maintain, and optimize document databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security
Collaborate with the Software Engineering team to design and implement database structures and queries that meet the needs of our applications
Review and analyze query code to identify and resolve performance issues, ensuring efficient database operations
Monitor and tune database systems for optimal performance and reliability
Conduct database migrations, upgrades, backups, and recovery processes as needed
Assist the development team in troubleshooting and optimizing queries, stored procedures, and performance bottlenecks
Contribute to database design and data modeling to support application features and data integrity
Ensure database systems comply with security standards, particularly in highly regulated environments like life sciences
Provide technical support for existing elluminate product releases, diagnosing and resolving database-related issues
Assist in developing and documenting database management best practices
Support software developers in integrating C# and Entity Framework solutions with SQL Server databases (nice to have)
Implement backup and recovery strategies to protect data and ensure business continuity
Conduct regular database health checks, performance tuning, and maintenance tasks to optimize system performance
Stay updated with the latest database technologies and trends, recommending improvements to enhance database performance and security
Document database processes, procedures, and architecture to ensure knowledge transfer and continuity
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience preferred
5+ years of experience in SQL Server database administration, including performance tuning, backups, restores, and replication preferred
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly in cross-functional teams
Experience with cloud databases and data architecture in distributed/ha environments is a plus
Excellent knowledge of English

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQL ServerDatabricksdatabase managementperformance tuningdatabase migrationsdata modelingstored proceduresbackup and recoveryquery optimizationcloud databases

Soft Skills

problem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationcollaboration