FISCHER HOMES
SENIOR DATA PLATFORM ENGINEER
Erlanger, KY · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 44 days ago
PythonPowerShellSQLAWSAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningData EngineeringCybersecurityIncident ResponseAuditingCollaboration
About the role
- As an IT Senior Data Platform Engineer at Fischer Homes, you will serve as the technical owner of our enterprise data platform, ensuring the performance, availability, security, and modernization of our SQL Server and cloud database environments.
- Take ownership of production reliability and proactively prevent issues through monitoring, automation, and strong operational standards.
Responsibilities
- Communicate effectively with developers, infrastructure teams, analytics partners, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data solutions.
- Analyze incidents to root cause and implement long-term, automated solutions to eliminate repeat failures.
- Lead modernization initiatives with a strategic mindset while remaining hands-on in technical execution.
- Administer, optimize, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments including performance tuning, indexing, patching, capacity planning, and HA/DR design.
- Design, implement, and routinely test backup/restore and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Drive scripting and automation initiatives using PowerShell and/or Python to standardize provisioning and operational processes.
- Support secure SaaS/vendor integrations and collaborate across Application Development, Analytics, HR, Finance, and Operations.
- We seek out talented individuals and provide the training, resources, and support needed to grow their careers and make a meaningful impact.
Requirements
- 6+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server administration experience in production environments, including performance tuning, HA/DR, and backup/restore.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience supporting SQL Server in AWS and/or Azure environments, including networking and identity fundamentals.
- Strong scripting and automation experience using PowerShell and/or Python.
- Strong SQL expertise with the ability to partner with developers on schema optimization and query performance improvements.
- Demonstrated experience building monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes.
Nice to have
- Experience with managed database services such as Amazon RDS for SQL Server and/or Azure SQL Managed Instance.
- Experience with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, or similar data orchestration tools.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows.
- Experience designing CDC/incremental ingestion patterns for analytics or lakehouse platforms.
- Familiarity with SLOs/SLIs, operational runbooks, change management, and postmortem practices.
- Understanding of AI/ML fundamentals and experience supporting AI-enabled data workloads in enterprise environments
- Physical demands and work environment:
- Must have use of sensory skills to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public through use of the telephone and face-to-face contact.
Skills
- Standardize ETL/ELT practices with strong logging, monitoring, retries, and documentation.
- This position is 100% onsite, day 1 in our Erlanger, KY office.
Compensation
- Competitive Compensation
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 401(k) with Company matching contributions and profit-sharing
- Employee Life Insurance
- Personal time off
- Inclusive Leave
Company info
- Through our businesses, we are committed to quality, growth, and long-term success for both our customers and our Associates.
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