Database Consultant

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🕒 October 9

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💼 Consultant

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Fortified Data

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2002

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

Consulting • B2B • Enterprise

Fortified Data is a leading database managed service provider (MSP) that delivers 24/7 Remote DBA services, emergency and on-demand DBA support, and comprehensive database consulting. They specialize in database management, performance tuning, migrations and modernization across SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, and provide cloud database solutions (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), database assessments, business intelligence, and strategic database architecture. Fortified Data serves regulated and data-sensitive industries such as financial services, healthcare, education, insurance, retail, and sports/entertainment, emphasizing proactive maintenance, performance optimization, and concierge-style, B2B-focused consulting and managed services.

📋 Description

• Deliver Professional Services engagements across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and Azure SQL, including performance tuning, version upgrades, consolidations, and platform migrations • Implement and test high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including Availability Groups, log shipping, replication, and failover cluster instances • Conduct database health checks and assessments and document findings and recommendations for clients • Migrate databases between on-premises environments and Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, including Azure SQL Managed Instance and Amazon RDS • Join discovery calls with Account Executives and senior consultants, explain technical options in plain language, and help scope proposed work • Contribute technical content and effort estimates to proposals and statements of work • Troubleshoot technical issues during engagements and bring in senior consultants when needed • Build and maintain scripts and documentation supporting database builds, schema changes, and task automation • Communicate status, risks, and blockers clearly to clients and the internal project team • Recognize follow-on needs during engagements, including Managed Services fit, and bring them to the account team • Meet annual objectives including billable utilization, client satisfaction, contribution to Professional Services opportunities, and growth in platform breadth and certifications

🎯 Requirements

• Four or more years of database administration or database engineering experience • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and hands-on experience with at least one of PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MySQL • Experience with performance tuning, including indexing, query optimization, and wait analysis • Experience implementing or supporting high availability and disaster recovery solutions • Experience with cloud database services such as Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or Amazon RDS • Scripting experience with T-SQL and PowerShell or a similar language • Experience communicating directly with clients or business stakeholders • Eligible candidates must provide evidence of legal working status for any employer in the U.S. • Consulting, professional services, or managed services experience supporting multiple clients at once • Exposure to Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric • Experience participating in sales conversations, discovery calls, or proposal development • Microsoft, AWS, or PostgreSQL certifications • Familiarity with ITSM and time tracking tools such as Zendesk and Harvest

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Comprehensive health benefits • Retirement plan • Fully remote role • Healthy work life balance • Occasional travel for client engagements and company events