Site Reliability Engineer (SQL Server DBA)

Location: Remote - WFH, Canada Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our Data Center Engineering team at Level 3. This role requires a technically strong and operationally mature engineer who will help design, scale, and maintain the reliability of our physical and virtual data center infrastructure. As a Level 3 SRE, you will be a technical leader responsible for ensuring system uptime, optimizing capacity and performance, and contributing to long-term infrastructure resiliency. Key Responsibilities • Architect, deploy, and support SQL Server Always On Availability Groups across on-prem and Azure environments. • Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI). • Administer Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC), quorum, and node health. • Plan and execute failover testing, DR drills, and recovery validation. • Perform SQL Server installation, upgrades, patching, and migrations. • Manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies. • Monitor and tune database performance (indexing, query optimization, waits). • Troubleshoot replication, latency, blocking, and cluster-related issues. • Configure and manage AG listeners, networking, DNS, and storage. • Ensure database security, auditing, and compliance. • Automate DBA tasks using T-SQL, PowerShell, and SQL Agent. • Support application deployments and schema changes. • Provide 24×7 production support for mission-critical systems. • Maintain runbooks, standards, and operational documentation. Education and Experience • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field. • 4-7 years of experience in database administration and operations. • Experience participating in or leading incident response and postmortem analysis processes. • Previous exposure to hybrid environments integrating on-premise data centers with public or private cloud platforms is desirable. • 4+ years of experience with SQL Server Database. • 4+ Years of experience with any other RDBMS Database knowledge (oracle, PostgreSQL). Expertise • Hands-on experience with backup, recovery, and HA solutions. • Strong proficiency in Linux and Debian environments. • Proficiency in scripting for database automation. • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills. • Strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration. • Understanding of Oracle and MySQL databases is a plus, but not mandatory Apply tot his job Apply To this Job