Database Administrator Engineer
RE Partners Consulting LLC
$150,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on SQL Server engineering role focused on tackling significant technical debt within a large, legacy database environment. Day-to-day work involves auditing schemas and stored procedures, diagnosing locking and performance issues, refactoring inefficient queries, and establishing governance standards. The role also carries a mentoring dimension, guiding developers toward better SQL practices. Well-suited to a seasoned database specialist comfortable with complex, inherited systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 870–6,300
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The job title is 'Database Administrator Engineer' but the role's primary focus is performance tuning, query optimization, and refactoring of a heavily indebted SQL Server environment — placing it at the boundary between 15-1242 (Database Administrators) and 15-1243 (Database Architects), given the schema redesign and governance responsibilities. 15-1242 was chosen as primary because day-to-day work centers on operational tuning, diagnostics, and stored procedure optimization rather than greenfield data modeling.
No work location is specified in the posting; the role appears to be remote or location-flexible given RE Partners' stated global talent model, but this is not explicitly confirmed.
SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and DMVs are explicitly called out as diagnostic tools within the responsibilities section and are treated as required capabilities.
Redgate, SolarWinds, and SQL Sentry are listed together under 'Nice to Have' as interchangeable database monitoring tool options.
Agile and DevOps are listed under 'Nice to Have' as an environment familiarity preference rather than a hard gate.
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