Infrastructure Engineer II – Data Platforms (SQL DBA)

Job description

**COMPANY OVERVIEW** We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next. **OVERVIEW** Are you a database expert who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-platform environment? As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on our Digital & Technology team, you will lead the migration and modernization of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server databases to the public cloud. You will administer mission-critical SQL Server 2019 and 2022 platforms in a 24/7 environment, focusing on Availability Groups, Distributed Availability Groups, PowerShell automation, and terraform. This is your opportunity to shape cloud database engineering at a Fortune 500 company. **KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES** - Lead Microsoft SQL Server migration and modernization to the public cloud. - Migrate SQL Server workloads to GCP or other public cloud platforms. - Own migration processes, documentation, automation, and tooling. - Administer mission-critical SQL Server 2019 and 2022 platforms in a 24/7 environment. - Implement and support SQL Server Availability Groups. - Implement and support Distributed Availability Groups. - Perform database tuning, capacity planning, backup and recovery, patching, and upgrades. - Use PowerShell to automate provisioning, monitoring, and support processes. - Use Terraform to provision and manage database infrastructure in cloud environments. - Meet cloud security standards and reduce operational and security risk. - Collaborate with application stakeholders to resolve tickets. - Resolve failures and critical alerts within an Agile framework. **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS** - **Experience: 5** + years administering, designing, modernizing, or migrating enterprise SQL Server databases. - **Core Technical Skills:** SQL Server 2019 and 2022; Availability Groups; Distributed Availability Groups; PowerShell; and terraform. - **High Availability and Recovery:** Experience with HA, DR, backup and recovery, tuning, and production support. - **Cloud Experience:** Experience with cloud adoption, security, governance, and integration. - **Automation and DevOps:** Experience automating provisioning, support, monitoring, and lifecycle operations with PowerShell and Terraform. - **Operating Systems:** Strong Windows Server and Windows clustering experience; Linux is beneficial. - **Engineering Practices:** Working knowledge of DevOps and Agile practices and proofs of concept. - **Service Orientation:** Experience designing user-centric database services, including self-service provisioning. - **Soft Skills:** Excellent communication and collaboration skills; flexible, reliable, self-starting, and customer focused. **PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS** - **Cloud Database Experience:** Experience operating SQL Server workloads on GCP, Azure, AWS, or other public clouds. - **Automation Tooling:** Ansible, GitHub, or similar tooling; Python scripting. - **Infrastructure Engineering:** CI/CD practices and automated database provisioning workflows. - **Additional Experience:** Agile methods, Linux administration, and PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB. **ELIGIBILITY** Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.