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Database Engineer

wellsfargo
Charlotte, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 8/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/3/2026

Title: Database Engineer (SQL Server)

Location: : 300 S Brevard St Charlotte, NC

Duration: 12 months

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: 3 days in office/2 days remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Database Engineer to support enterprise database platforms and related services within a large-scale, highly available environment. This role focuses on the administration, engineering, support, and continuous improvement of Microsoft SQL Server technologies, with a strong emphasis on Always On Availability Groups, SSIS administration, and operational database support.

The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on SQL Server administration experience and a proven track record supporting production environments, analytics platforms, and operational reporting solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for a database professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, driving stability and performance improvements, and partnering with cross-functional technology teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide analysis and design support for data related projects and enhancements across all SDLC environments, including problem tickets, work requests, root cause analysis, and work orders and other issue resolution paths.

  • Partner closely with technology teams, resources, and business partners in the implementation, engineering, and support across all environments to address partner satisfaction, compliance, performance, security, stability, scalability, and speed to market based on documented business and technical requirements.

  • Manage complex Always On configurations with SQL Server 2019 - 2022.

  • Responsible for communications associated with ongoing support and the deployment of data architecture and policy principles for improvement of the strategic use of enterprise data in achieving satisfaction, skills, security, speed, scalability, and stability.

  • Recommend, mentor, train, and monitor resource allocations, project skills alignment, resource forecasting, and project tasks and challenges as determined appropriate by management.

  • Develop and maintain documentation on implementation steps, technical procedures, knowledge base materials in collaboration with other database analysts, architecture, and business partners.

Qualifications:

  • Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

  • Database Engineering experience

  • Hands-on experience with:

    • Microsoft SQL Server administration

    • SQL Server Always On Availability Groups

    • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), including SSISDB

  • Strong SQL Server DBA experience with a focus on administration and support rather than application development.

  • Experience supporting production database environments, troubleshooting issues, and driving service improvements.

  • Knowledge of database performance tuning, monitoring, backup/recovery, high availability, and operational support processes.

  • Experience collaborating with technical and business teams to deliver database solutions.

  • Experience with ServiceNow (preferred)

  • Experience with AutoSys workload automation/scheduling (preferred)

  • Experience supporting enterprise-scale reporting and analytics platforms

  • Strong documentation and communication skills

  • Experience mentoring team members and contributing to knowledge-sharing initiatives

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