Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals
Data Operations Engineer
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $125k–$155k
- Mid level
- On-site · New York, New York
- 4+ yrs exp
- Added 1 month ago
About this role
Wilson Elser seeks a Data Operations Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise data platforms spanning on-premises SQL Server and Azure cloud environments. You'll ensure database infrastructure reliability, performance, and security while supporting data engineering workloads and automating operational processes.
What you'll do
- Administer Microsoft SQL Server on-premises, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance environments
- Monitor database health, performance, storage, and capacity; execute patching, upgrades, and migrations
- Configure high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions including Always On Availability Groups and failover clustering
- Manage Azure Databricks workspaces and optimize SQL queries, indexes, and execution plans
- Automate operational tasks using PowerShell, T-SQL, Azure CLI, or Python; support CI/CD database deployments
- Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and maintain operational runbooks
What they're looking for
- Microsoft SQL Server (on-premises and Azure SQL)
- Azure Databricks administration
- T-SQL programming and query optimization
- PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Python scripting
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions
- Azure DevOps or CI/CD pipelines
- Database security, encryption, and compliance controls
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Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals
- Industry
- Legal
- Website
- wilsonelser.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience managing SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and failover clustering in production environments.
- Describe a database performance issue you diagnosed and resolved; what monitoring tools and optimization techniques did you use?