Senior Microsoft SQL Developer at fhr-solutions

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Jul 24, 2026

Description

The Senior Microsoft SQL Developer will support the modernization of an enterprise tolling transaction platform undergoing a partial rewrite using microservices and modularization. This role is a critical part of the Agile/Scrum project team and is responsible for developing, optimizing, and modernizing SQL components within a business-critical, high-availability SQL Server environment running on Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS). The developer will collaborate with solution architects, cloud engineers, API developers, and testers to ensure high performance, scalability, and maintainability of the database platform.

Required Skills

SQL Server development
T-SQL development
Query Tuning
Performance Optimization
SQL Server on Azure
Always On Availability Groups
SSIS/Databricks ETL Solutions
PCI Compliance & Database Security
Azure DevOps/GitHub CI/CD Pipelines
Agile/Scrum Teams
.NET Core/C# Collaboration

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 7 Years of SQL Server development experience in enterprise environments.
5 Years of Advanced T-SQL development skills including query tuning and performance optimization.
5 Years of Experience developing in SQL Server on Azure environments.
5 Years of Hands-on experience supporting high availability architectures using Always On availability groups.
5 Years of Experience modernizing database code and schemas, including legacy SQL support.
5 Years of Experience collaborating with .NET Core/C# development teams.
5 Years of Experience deploying SQL updates through Azure DevOps and GitHub CI/CD pipelines.
5 Years of Ability to work effectively within Agile/Scrum teams.
5 Years of Experience modernizing SQL workloads in cloud-hosted environments.
10 Years of IT experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Terraform or infrastructure-as-code to support SQL deployments.
Experience working with microservices architectures and domain-driven design.
Knowledge of scaling strategies for high-transaction SQL environments.
Experience modernizing SQL workloads in cloud-hosted environments.