Microsoft SQL Server Architect

4 days ago

Canada Querentia Full-time

Lead Microsoft SQL Server architecture remotely from Toronto, designing secure, scalable platforms through deep database design and performance tuning expertise.

This contract SQL Architect role may convert to a three-month Contract-to-Hire opportunity. You will guide enterprise data platform evolution across transactional and analytical workloads. The work spans data modeling, governance, data integration, cloud solutions, and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design enterprise database architectures and aligned data models
  • Establish standards, naming conventions, and governance practices
  • Optimize queries, stored procedures, ETL processes, and database performance
  • Architect high-availability, disaster recovery, and migration solutions
  • Lead technical reviews, incident remediation, and team mentorship

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in a related technical field
  • 10+ years in database development, administration, or architecture
  • 5+ years in database architecture or technical leadership
  • Expert-level Microsoft SQL Server knowledge
  • Enterprise OLTP, warehouse, modeling, security, and governance experience

Bring SQL Server architecture, optimization, governance, and technical leadership to enterprise platforms supporting operations and analytics.