Senior Database Engineer

Verizon

Senior Database Engineer at Verizon responsible for SQL Server management and NoSQL migration. Involves production support, troubleshooting, and collaborating with application teams.

Posted 4/18/2026full-timeIrving • California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,500 - $231,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesNoSQLSQLSSIS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Acting as a Senior Database Engineer working with multiple Application teams focused on SQL Server
Responsible for maintaining the current SQL Server environments
Working on architecting a plan to migrate the Databases to no-sql cloud infrastructure
Pro-actively working on preventing any potential performance issues in non-prod itself
Supporting production issues and participating in an on-call rotation
Managing SQL Server 2008R2\2016\2019 and 2022 Versions
Working with SSIS and SSRS
Implementing different types of high availability and disaster recovery mechanisms like replication models
Troubleshooting performance issues like Blocking, Deadlocks, parameter sniffing, Long Running and High CPU consuming queries
Implementing Backup, Restore and Disaster Recovery Planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience
Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training
Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time
Experience with SQL Server as DBA
Experience with creation, Implementing and Updating SSIS and SSRS
Strong T-sql scripting skills
Experience with migrating the DB’s Between SQL Server and NoSQL
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Experience with NoSQL databases
Experience with Virtualized environments using Kubernetes
Experience with Containerized SQL Server implementation

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance
401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQL ServerNoSQLT-SQLSSISSSRSDisaster RecoveryHigh AvailabilityPerformance TroubleshootingKubernetesContainerization

Soft Skills

Problem-solvingCommunicationTeamwork