Senior Database Reliability Engineer

GLG

Senior Database Reliability Engineer managing SQL Server infrastructures at GLG. Focus on optimizing performance, securing data, and automating repetitive tasks for data-heavy systems.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $122,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptMS SQL ServerPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Tune SQL queries to increase performance and decrease overall system impact.
Monitor servers for performance problems and alleviate bottlenecks.
Build systems and programs that automate away repetitive tasks.
Design and refactor data structures to meet performance goals.
Review schema change proposals from development teams and suggest best practices.
Administer database roles and users.
Monitor and maintain database backups and restores.
Ensure optimal database indexing.
Conduct capacity planning and make and implement recommendations.
Coach, educate, and lead other engineers across the technology organization on how to best interact with data through pairing, design reviews, blogging, and teaching sessions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years experience managing and administrating production Microsoft SQL Server infrastructures.
An affinity for tracking down and optimizing performance issues in Microsoft SQL Server.
Strong communication skills and the ability to educate other team members on performance-minded schema and query design.
Strong understanding and awareness of data security and secure data handling.
Experience with SQL Server Availability Groups.
Expertise in T-SQL.
Strong proficiency in a scripting language; Ideally Powershell.
Desire to learn and grow your technical skillset.
Strong SQL Server performance tuning abilities. You must understand the SQL optimizer and be able to improve query performance without the aid of tools such as the index tuning adviser.
Ability to read and understand SQL Server explain plans.
Working knowledge of database design fundamentals. You will learn the existing database schema and relationships and be capable of suggesting best practices when reviewing schema modifications from development teams.
Fundamental understanding of git is a plus.
Proficiency with database systems other than SQL Server is a major plus.
Proficiency in JavaScript, bash, and/or python are a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your first day of employment
Flexible paid time off. No pre-determined limits on vacation time, plus 10 company holidays
401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans with an employer match (subject to annual limits & vesting)
Tuition reimbursement program for eligible courses including language skills courses
Paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
Free wellbeing support with the Calm app, Maven and EAP, and free long-term therapy & counselling assistance through Pathways
Other work perks and benefits available based on final job location

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLT-SQLPowershellperformance tuningdatabase designSQL ServerAvailability Groupsscripting languagesquery optimizationdatabase indexing

Soft Skills

communicationcoachingeducatingleadershipteam collaborationproblem-solvingtechnical skill developmentdesign reviewsbloggingteaching