Cloud Engineer - Database
📍 Location: North Miami, Florida, United States
🏢 Industry: Restaurants
💼 Work Setting: Hybrid
Are you a database professional with expertise in cloud-native database services, infrastructure automation, high availability, and performance optimization?
This role offers the opportunity to support global data platforms, drive database reliability, and partner with engineering teams to build scalable, secure, and highly available database solutions.
As a Cloud Database Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, administration, optimization, security, and operational management of Subway's cloud database infrastructure.
You will work closely with application developers, cloud engineers, architects, and infrastructure teams to ensure database platforms are performant, resilient, secure, and aligned with business growth objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Database Administration
- Provision, configure, and manage cloud database services across Azure and AWS environments.
- Administer Azure SQL Database and other relational and cloud-native database platforms.
- Manage database lifecycle activities including deployment, maintenance, patching, and upgrades.
- Support production and non-production database environments.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
- Design and implement High Availability (HA) solutions for mission-critical databases.
- Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies and recovery procedures.
- Conduct regular backup validation and disaster recovery testing.
- Ensure business continuity and data protection requirements are met.
Performance Optimization
- Monitor database performance and system health.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Perform:
- Query Optimization
- SQL Tuning
- Index Optimization
- Capacity Planning
- Resource Optimization
- Improve database scalability and efficiency across cloud environments.
Security & Compliance
- Implement database security standards and controls.
- Manage:
- Encryption at Rest
- Encryption in Transit
- Access Controls
- Role-Based Permissions
- Audit Logging
- Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and best practices.
- Support vulnerability remediation efforts across database platforms.
Infrastructure as Code & Automation
- Utilize Terraform to provision and manage cloud database infrastructure.
- Develop automated deployment and configuration processes.
- Promote Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) best practices.
- Improve operational efficiency through automation and standardization.
Backup, Recovery & Operational Readiness
- Manage:
- Backup Strategies
- Recovery Procedures
- Point-in-Time Recovery
- Data Retention Policies
- Conduct routine restoration testing and operational readiness exercises.
- Ensure recovery objectives are consistently achieved.
Architecture & Engineering Collaboration
- Partner with:
- Application Development Teams
- Cloud Engineering Teams
- Enterprise Architecture Teams
- Infrastructure Teams
- Support:
- Schema Design
- Database Migrations
- Capacity Planning
- Application Performance Initiatives
- Participate in architecture reviews and technical planning sessions.
Documentation & Governance
- Develop and maintain:
- Database Standards
- Operational Runbooks
- Disaster Recovery Documentation
- Change Management Procedures
- Technical Designs
- Ensure documentation remains accurate and operationally relevant.
Innovation & Emerging Technologies
- Evaluate emerging cloud database technologies and services.
- Explore opportunities to leverage:
- AI-Driven Database Optimization
- Automated Performance Tuning
- Anomaly Detection
- Intelligent Query Analysis
- Recommend improvements that enhance reliability, performance, and scalability.
Technical Leadership
- Provide guidance and mentorship to infrastructure teams.
- Coach colleagues on:
- Active Directory Best Practices
- Database Security
- Vulnerability Management
- Operational Excellence
- Promote knowledge sharing and engineering best practices.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Related Technical Discipline
Experience
- 5+ years of database administration experience in enterprise environments.
- 8+ years of Windows Server administration experience.
- 3+ years of Microsoft SQL Server administration experience.
- 3+ years designing and testing High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
- 3+ years of Terraform experience supporting cloud infrastructure.
Technical Skills
Database Platforms
- Azure SQL Database
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Relational Databases
- Cloud Database Services
Cloud Platforms
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Database Administration
- Performance Monitoring
- Query Optimization
- Index Design
- Capacity Planning
- Database Security
- Backup & Recovery
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Infrastructure Automation
- Configuration Management
Security & Compliance
- Encryption Technologies
- Access Management
- Audit Logging
- Vulnerability Remediation
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
- HA Architecture
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Point-in-Time Recovery
- Business Continuity
AI & Advanced Analytics
- AI-Assisted Database Optimization
- Performance Analysis
- Anomaly Detection
- Query Intelligence Tools
Key Skills
- Cloud Database Administration
- Azure SQL Database
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Terraform
- AWS & Azure
- Database Performance Tuning
- High Availability Architecture
- Disaster Recovery
- Database Security
- Infrastructure Automation
- Cloud Engineering
- Technical Documentation
