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Requisition ID: 178767
Job Level: Senior Level
Home District/Group: DHO Information Technology Group
Department: Technology Group
Market: Corporate Home Office
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our Kiewit Technology Group (KTG) team with deep expertise in transactional database systems across both on-premises and Azure environments. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technologist and thought leader who can architect, optimize, and guide strategic decisions on hybrid data storage solutions that balance performance, cost, and scalability.
District Overview
Kiewit Technology Group builds solutions to enable and support our company's expansive operations. Our mission is to deliver project schedule and cost certainty by employing technology designed by and for the construction industry. Our team utilizes systems and tools that manage every part of Kiewit's business and the project lifecycle to improve planning and day-to-day execution in the field. We give our people real-time data to make faster, smarter decisions.
Location
This is an in-office role located on our LaVista, NE Campus.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services that integrate seamlessly across on-prem and Azure cloud environments.
- Serve as the subject matter expert and thought leader for transactional database technologies and hybrid deployment architectures.
- Evaluate, select, and implement the optimal database platform—on-prem, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Cosmos DB—based on business and technical requirements.
- Tune and optimize high-volume transactional databases for both cloud and on-prem workloads, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Define and implement migration strategies for workloads transitioning between on-prem and Azure.
- Apply FinOps principles to monitor and optimize cloud usage and costs while maintaining operational excellence.
- Establish best practices for data modeling, schema design, and query optimization across hybrid environments.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, data, and security teams to ensure compliance, scalability, and high availability.
- Mentor team members and contribute to thought leadership in the transactional data space.
Qualifications
- 3 years of experience in backend software development (C#, .NET, Python, Go, or similar).
- 5 years of experience tuning and optimizing transactional databases (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB).
- Proven track record of designing and managing hybrid database architectures combining on-prem and Azure components.
- Strong understanding of database replication, networking, and security models across hybrid environments.
- Experience implementing FinOps practices and using Azure Cost Management Billing and Azure Advisor.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills; ability to make strategic platform decisions based on business priorities.
Preferred
- Microsoft certifications such as Azure Database Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- Experience with Azure Arc, Azure DevOps, Terraform, or Bicep for hybrid infrastructure management.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes (AKS), Service Bus, and Event Hubs for integration and orchestration.
Other Requirements:
- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.