What are the responsibilities and job description for the SQL Database Engineer position at Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.?
Job Summary
Key Deliverables and Responsibilities
We’re seeking a Database Engineer to join our Technology team. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain high-performance, secure, and highly available database systems, including both Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, supporting critical business applications.
Cambridge has competitive benefits and promotes a work/life balance to encourage individual success.
Company Overview
At Cambridge, our purpose is simple: to make a difference in the lives of our financial advisors, their clients, and our associates. Founded in 1981, we have 45 years of experience supporting independent financial advisors with industry-leading tools, compliance, and transition services. Guided by our core values—integrity, commitment, flexibility, and kindness—we put financial advisors first in every decision we make.
Cambridge is an internally controlled, growth-focused independent broker-dealer, ranked among the largest and fastest-growing firms in the industry. With home offices in Fairfield, Iowa, and Phoenix, Arizona, and a nationwide reach, our 900 associates maintain a 4:1 advisor-to-associate ratio to ensure personalized service.
Our community of over 4,000 producing financial advisors includes diverse business models—RIA, corporate RIA, hybrid, fee-only, and brokerage—and offers a broad selection of investment solutions with no proprietary products.
For further information about Cambridge, please visit https://www.joincambridge.com/
Key Deliverables and Responsibilities
We’re seeking a Database Engineer to join our Technology team. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain high-performance, secure, and highly available database systems, including both Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, supporting critical business applications.
- Design, implement, and maintain relational database systems for performance, scalability, and reliability
- Administer and support Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases, ensuring optimal performance and uptime
- Architect and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including failover strategies
- Configure and manage database replication technologies to support data distribution and system resilience
- Perform core DBA functions including patching, database upgrades, environment cloning, and backup/monitoring processes
- Analyze and troubleshoot performance issues across database and application layers
- Partner with developers to support query optimization and performance tuning
- Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to ensure systems align with business requirements
- Support ongoing improvements to database architecture in a large-scale, complex environment
- 4 years of experience in database engineering or administration
- Strong expertise in:
- Microsoft SQL Server (on-prem) database administration
- Azure SQL Database / cloud-based database administration
- High availability solutions (e.g., clustering, failover groups, availability groups)
- Database replication (transactional, merge, or similar technologies)
- Relational database design
- T-SQL (including complex stored procedures and triggers)
- Experience with:
- SQL Server performance monitoring tools
- Data migration and hybrid cloud environments
- IIS and SharePoint environments
- PostgreSQL (administration or development experience)
- Test data management or synthetic data tools (e.g., Generative Data platforms, GenRocket)
- Familiarity with cloud migrations and distributed systems
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Work across on-prem and cloud (Azure) database platforms
- Hands-on experience with high availability and replication at scale
- Collaborative environment with strong cross-functional partnerships
- Hybrid flexibility in Phoenix, Des Moines, or Fairfield
- Opportunities for growth and advancement
Cambridge has competitive benefits and promotes a work/life balance to encourage individual success.
- Premium benefit package including medical, vision, dental, life and long-term disability insurance
- Vacation/sick time
- 401K retirement plan with company matching program
- Eleven paid holidays
Company Overview
At Cambridge, our purpose is simple: to make a difference in the lives of our financial advisors, their clients, and our associates. Founded in 1981, we have 45 years of experience supporting independent financial advisors with industry-leading tools, compliance, and transition services. Guided by our core values—integrity, commitment, flexibility, and kindness—we put financial advisors first in every decision we make.
Cambridge is an internally controlled, growth-focused independent broker-dealer, ranked among the largest and fastest-growing firms in the industry. With home offices in Fairfield, Iowa, and Phoenix, Arizona, and a nationwide reach, our 900 associates maintain a 4:1 advisor-to-associate ratio to ensure personalized service.
Our community of over 4,000 producing financial advisors includes diverse business models—RIA, corporate RIA, hybrid, fee-only, and brokerage—and offers a broad selection of investment solutions with no proprietary products.
For further information about Cambridge, please visit https://www.joincambridge.com/