Slalom Flex Project-Based - SQL DBA ArchitectEngineer

Slalom Inc
  • Boston, MA
  • $350
1 day ago

Job Description

General Information

Locations

  • Albany, NY
  • Boston, MA
  • Buffalo, NY

Business Function

Strategy and consulting

Date posted

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Ref #

2453

Description and Requirements

Job Description

What You'll Do

  • AWS SQL DBA Architect / Engineer

Looking for a highly hands-on SQL DBA with strong AWS experience to support SQL Server migration and modernization initiatives. The role will work closely with architects to design, build, optimize, and support SQL Server environments on AWS, including standalone SQL EC2 instances, WSFC clusters, and SQL Always On Availability Groups.

Key responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and support SQL Server platforms on AWS
  • Execute database migrations, backups, restores, recovery, and HA/DR activities
  • Troubleshoot performance, availability, clustering, and replication issues
  • Assess current implementations and recommend architectural and operational improvements
  • Partner with infrastructure, application, and database teams
  • Support production cutovers and post-migration stabilization
  • Drive automation, operational excellence, and platform standardization

What You'll Bring

  • Required:
  • Strong SQL Server DBA experience
  • Hands-on experience with WSFC and Always On Availability Groups
  • Experience migrating SQL Server workloads to AWS
  • Strong SQL Server performance tuning and troubleshooting skills
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have:

  • Amazon RDS for SQL Server and PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server to PostgreSQL migration experience
  • Database modernization and platform optimization experience
  • Experience building, maintaining, and improving custom SQL Server images
  • PowerShell, CDK, and automation experience

This is a highly hands-on technical role with a strong focus on architecture, engineering, migration delivery, and continuous improvement.

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That's why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay hourly ranges:  $100 - $115/hr

We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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LocationBoston, MA

Skills

  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)unmatched
  • Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)unmatched
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
  • Architectural Designunmatched
  • Architectural Servicesunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Clustering Softwareunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Consultingunmatched
  • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Customer Experienceunmatched
  • Data Recoveryunmatched
  • Database Administrationunmatched
  • Database Backupunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • LinkedInunmatched
  • Microsoft SQL Serverunmatched
  • Operational Improvementunmatched
  • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
  • PostgreSQLunmatched
  • Production Supportunmatched
  • Replication and Remote Mirroringunmatched
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)unmatched
  • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)unmatched
  • Server Supportunmatched
  • System Migrationunmatched
  • Windows PowerShellunmatched

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