Job Description
Job Title: Windows - SQL Server Upgrade Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months' contract
POSITION OVERVIEW
Our End-Client is looking for an experienced engineer to automate and support Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server upgrades across virtual machine and clustered environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Automate Windows Server in-place upgrades
- Automate SQL Server in-place upgrades
- Support standalone SQL Server environments
- Support SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)
- Support SQL Always On Availability Groups
- Perform rolling cluster upgrades with minimal downtime
- Build PowerShell automation for upgrade, validation, and rollback activities
- Integrate upgrade workflows with GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners
- Integrate automation with MCM for orchestration and workflow tracking
- Perform automated pre-upgrade health checks
- Validate OS and SQL version compatibility
- Coordinate and validate VM snapshots and backups
- Validate SQL database and system database backups
- Automate DBCC CHECKDB and SQL health checks
- Automate cluster failover and failback
- Validate SQL services, databases, SQL Agent jobs, listeners, and application connectivity
- Build post-upgrade validation and reporting
- Develop rollback and recovery automation
- Troubleshoot failed Windows, SQL, cluster, and pipeline executions
- Maintain automation code in Git
- Follow change-management and production deployment processes
Core Technical Skills
- Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022+
- PowerShell automation
- Git and GitLab
- GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- GitLab Runner configuration and troubleshooting
- MCM workflow/orchestration integration
- Windows Server Failover Clustering
- SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI)
- SQL Always On Availability Groups
- VMware / virtual machine environments
- SQL Server backup and recovery
- Windows and SQL upgrade automation
- REST API integration
- JSON / YAML
- Production change-management experience
Preferred Automation Flow
MCM GitLab Pipeline GitLab Runner PowerShell Automation Prechecks Snapshot/Backup Windows/SQL Upgrade Cluster/AG Validation Postchecks Status back to MCM
Preferred Experience
Experience building large-scale automated Windows and SQL upgrade solutions using PowerShell, GitLab Runner, GitLab CI/CD, MCM, VM snapshots, backup validation, rolling cluster upgrades, post-validation, rollback, and centralized reporting.
Compensation:
The hourly rate for this position is between $64.00-68.00 per hour.
Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate].
Benefits:
Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.
Contact:
Jaya Balaji: jayabalaji.s@sunrisesys.com | (732) 515-5373 | URL: www.sunrisesys.com
Numbers & Facts
| Location | (Remote) |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $64–$68 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
| Website | http://www.sunrisesys.com/ |
About Company
Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.
We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.
Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:
- Business, management, and technical fields
- Information technology consulting and software solutions.
- Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
- Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies
Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:
- Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
- Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
- Data processing and data migration
- Application re-engineering and platform migration
- Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.
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