Senior Azure SQL Database Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Wellfit is the dental industry’s fintech solution — a healthcare fintech company enhancing experiences between patients, providers, employers, and payors. Wellfit provides access to treatment and care for all by removing financial barriers.

About the Role :

We’re looking for a  Senior Azure SQL Database Administrator / Data Services Engineer  to join our growing Data Services team. You’ll play a critical role in optimizing our Azure SQL environments, driving database performance, and supporting scalable data operations across the business.

If you’re passionate about  high-performance OLTP systems , query tuning, and building resilient cloud-based data environments, this role offers the opportunity to make major impact in a fast-growing organization.

Why This Role Exists :

As our data landscape expands, the volume, complexity, and performance sensitivity of projects from Payments, EDW, Launch Loyalty, and Plans have increased significantly.

Our Data Services team acts as the central hub connecting these business units — managing data integrations, supporting platform connectivity (like Dynamics 365), and ensuring our systems remain reliable and performant. A major component of this role is supporting our production payments OLTP database, a high-volume, real-time transactional environment with strict concurrency control, low-latency requirements, and performance tuning decisions that directly impact live customer payment experiences. This work is fundamentally different from OLAP / reporting support and requires true OLTP specialization.

To support this environment and meet increasing demand, we are adding a senior-level DBA who can optimize OLTP performance, resolve complex blocking / locking patterns under load, and proactively manage our Azure SQL ecosystem.

What You’ll Do :

Database Administration & OLTP Optimization :

• Manage, monitor, and optimize Azure SQL Databases in a fully cloud-based Windows environment.
• Support and tune high-volume OLTP workloads, ensuring low latency, minimal blocking, and strong concurrency.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using DMVs, execution plans, waits, and telemetry.
• Tune, refactor, and improve stored procedures, queries, and schemas for real-time transactional systems.
• Implement proactive health checks, alerting, and automation to maintain stability and uptime.
• Partner with developers on query and architectural performance improvements.

Data Pipelines & Azure Platform Support

Confidently navigate the Azure Portal to administer SQL databases and related cloud services.

Security & Compliance

Collaboration & Mentorship

What We’re Looking For :

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Who You Are :

Tech Stack :

Cloud :  Microsoft Azure (PaaS / SaaS)

Database :  Azure SQL Database (OLTP-focused)

Pipelines :  Azure Data Factory (familiarity)

Security :  Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault

Languages :  SQL (T-SQL), PowerShell or Python (plus)

OS :  Windows Company Perks and Benefits

Perks :

Hybrid work model — 3 days on-site, 2 days remote

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

Discretionary Paid Time Off (culture encourages use)

401k matching up to 4%

Alongside a competitive annual bonus, we offer a 401(k) with up to a 4% match, generous paid time off, and comprehensive healthcare benefits.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.