Senior Database Engineer

Fuze Health

. Lead the planning and execution of the migration from self-managed SQL Server on EC2 to AWS RDS (SQL Server) .

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2MS SQL ServerPostgresSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the planning and execution of the migration from self-managed SQL Server on EC2 to AWS RDS (SQL Server)
Drive database cost optimization: right-sizing instances, evaluating reserved Instances, storage tiering, and eliminating unnecessary licensing costs
Upskill and mentor the existing Hospice SQL DBA team on AWS database operations, RDS management, and cloud best practices
Establish cloud-native database monitoring, alerting, and performance baselines using Datadog and CloudWatch
Design and implement automated backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes using AWS Backup
Perform query optimization, index management, and capacity planning
Collaborate with the DevOps team on infrastructure automation (Terraform for RDS)
Ensure HITRUST E1 compliance for all database systems (encryption, access controls, audit logging)
Support the Hospice application team with database-related development needs
Evaluate future database modernization opportunities (PostgreSQL, Aurora) for the 2027 roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in database administration
Deep expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (2016+) performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery
Experience with AWS RDS (SQL Server) setup, migration, monitoring, Multi-AZ
Experience with database migration projects (on-premises or EC2 to RDS)
Strong understanding of backup/restore strategies, point-in-time recovery, cross-region replication
Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, SQL Server DMVs)
Proficiency in T-SQL, stored procedures, and query optimization
Experience working in regulated environments (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Dental, vision, and multiple group medical plans to choose from
401(k) retirement savings plan
Group life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
Flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
Commuter benefits
Employer-paid short-term (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) insurance
Additional supplemental insurance plans (spouse life insurance, legal insurance, an employee assistance program, home health testing kits, and a fertility medication discount program)
Flexible vacation time
Accrued paid sick time
10 paid holidays, (2 floating holidays for full time non-exempt employees)
Eight weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees
Additional paid weeks for the birthing parent
4 weeks paid caregiver leave
Lifestyle Spending Account allowance each month

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Hard Skills & Tools

database administrationMicrosoft SQL ServerAWS RDST-SQLquery optimizationdisaster recoverybackup/restore strategiescross-region replicationinfrastructure automationperformance tuning

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationplanningexecutioncost optimizationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsupskilling