SQL Engineer

Benefits: 401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off SQL Engineer (Remote) Location: Remote (U.S.) Employment Type: Full-Time Clearance: Min Secret Clearance – Will be upgraded to Top Secret. SQL Engineer (Remote) Location: Remote (U.S.) Employment Type: Full-Time Clearance: Min Secret Clearance – Will be upgraded to Top Secret. We are seeking a highly skilled SQL Engineer with 7+ years of overall experience to serve as the primary Point of Contact (POC) for all SQL Server and PowerShell-related initiatives supporting a federal government client. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience leading database operations and administration, with a strong background in performance tuning, automation, infrastructure scripting, and enterprise database management. This role requires expertise in driving database operations, reliability, security, and operational excellence across mission-critical systems. Maintain and optimize large-scale SQL Server environments, developing PowerShell automation solutions. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled SQL and PowerShell professional who can independently lead projects, automate processes, optimize database performance, and serve as the organization’s go-to technical expert. Key Responsibilities: Act as the SME and lead for SQL Server and PowerShell projects. Design, maintain, and optimize SQL Server databases and T-SQL code. Perform database operations, performance tuning, troubleshooting, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery planning. Develop and maintain PowerShell automation scripts for database and infrastructure operations. Support database migrations, upgrades, security, and high-availability solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership. Required Experience: 4+ years of SQL Server operations and administration experience. PowerShell scripting and automation experience. Strong expertise in T-SQL, SQL Server performance tuning, database security, backup/recovery, and production support. Experience with Azure SQL, Windows Server, Git, and DevOps practices preferred. Preferred Certifications (Min one): Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300) Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) ITIL Foundation and/or CompTIA Security+ This is a remote position. Magnus Management Group LLC is an ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO56002 and CMMI Level 3 (SVC) + SSD certified, and agile Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) qualified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) as evaluated by US General Services Administration (GSA) cyber Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Our experience and investments in quality and certification of our expertise has refined our mission support, information technology, information management, management consulting and cybersecurity solutions by supporting highly complex Information Technology (IT) environments.