Who’s Hiring Database People? April 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of April 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
- Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full job description, or the text of it.
- An email address to send resumes, or a link to the application process – if I were you, I’d put an email address because you may want to know that applicants are readers here, because they might be more qualified than the applicants you regularly get.
- Please state the location and include REMOTE and/or VISA when that sort of candidate is welcome. When remote work is not an option, include ONSITE.
- Please only post if you personally are part of the hiring company—no recruiting firms or job boards. Only one post per company. If it isn’t a household name, please explain what your company does.
- It has to be a data-related job.
If your comment isn’t relevant or smells fishy, I’ll delete it. If you have questions about why your comment got deleted, or how to maximize the effectiveness of your comment, contact me.
Each month, I publish a new post in the Who’s Hiring category here so y’all can get the latest opportunities.
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DataStrike is hiring!!
https://www.datastrike.com/
Email resumes to Corey Beck @ corey.beck@datastrike.com
Job description:
Job Title: Microsoft SQL Server DBA
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship Required
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: regular working hours with flexibility, participate in on call rotation, perform off hour work as needed
Company Overview:
DataStrike is the industry leader in 100% onshore database, cloud and business intelligence managed services – enabling companies to harness IT changes as a catalyst for growth. With a network of highly specialized experts, strategic partnerships with the world’s biggest technology providers and a platform agnostic approach, DataStrike provides innovative solutions and practical guidance to accelerate digital transformation initiatives and drive better business outcomes for small- to mid-sized businesses. Founded in 2008, the company maintains more than 200 clients across North America and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. To learn more about DataStrike’s services and capabilities, please visit datastrike.com.
Job Overview:
As a Microsoft SQL Server DBA, you will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing SQL Server databases across diverse customer environments. This role requires extensive experience in database administration, particularly in critical production environments. You will be required to collaborate with internal teams and external clients to ensure optimal database performance, security, and uptime.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage and administer Microsoft SQL Server databases in production and non-production environments for multiple clients.
Configure and maintain high availability solutions, including Always On Availability Groups, Database Mirroring, Clustering, Replication, and Log Shipping.
Provide support for SQL Azure environments and manage cloud-based SQL Server solutions.
Design, implement, and optimize database backup and recovery solutions.
Perform database performance tuning and optimization, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and resource allocation.
Troubleshoot and resolve database issues, including replication and connectivity problems.
Implement and enforce security policies for database access and user management.
Collaborate with other teams to implement changes, patches, and updates to ensure database health and performance.
Ensure database compliance with industry standards and best practices.
Provide on-call support for database issues as part of a rotating schedule.
Work closely with customers to understand their requirements and deliver appropriate database solutions.
Prepare and maintain detailed documentation for database environments, processes, and procedures.
Assist in migration projects and database upgrades, including the transition to SQL Azure.
Required Qualifications:
Experience in SQL Server database administration, with a proven track record of managing complex, high-availability environments.
Experience working in multi-client, managed service provider (MSP) environments.
Extensive experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Database Mirroring, Failover Clustering, and SQL Azure.
Knowledge of performance tuning, database optimization, and disaster recovery solutions for SQL Server.
Expertise in database security, backup and recovery strategies, and troubleshooting techniques.
Strong understanding of database architecture and design principles.
Proficient with T-SQL, PowerShell scripting, and other automation tools.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate with technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to work effectively in a hybrid team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Microsoft SQL Server certifications preferred
Familiarity with cloud technologies, particularly Azure services, and cloud migration strategies
Multiple customer experience in a MSP, or similar experience
Why Join Us:
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Hybrid/Remote work schedule with flexibility.
Opportunity to work with a diverse range of customers and technologies.
Collaborative and innovative work environment.
Continuous professional development and certification opportunities.
If you have the skills and experience, we’re looking for and you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, we encourage you to apply today!
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote
Bonus if local to office in Warrendale, PA 15086
Just one job posting? Time to rethink life choices.
Tell me you don’t read the news without telling me you don’t read the news.
I’ve been following your “Who’s Hiring” for years now and It’s evident that the number of jobs posted has been decreasing while the number of users has probably increased.
I tried to investigate the number of comments per “Who’s Hiring” blog post but your website stops Claude.
Would you mind to disclose this number? (like the metrics you share for the SQL Server edition).
I’m asking this because it’s frightening what it’s happening with the AI and when I’m scared I tend not to run away but to dig deeper into pain.
Web scraping is a no-no – you don’t want to be doing that without asking the site’s author’s permission. You can imagine how quickly automated scraping would bring web sites down. I don’t explicitly prohibit Claude, but our web site hosts use a denial-of-service filter to prevent automated robots from hammering the site with too many requests at once.
Just a quick rundown of recent comment quantities, not going into each post to see how many were jobs:
2026: March 13, Feb 7
2025: Nov 16, Oct 10, Sept 4, Aug 8, July 14, June 14, May 12, March 4, Feb 8, Jan 5
2024: Dec 1, Nov 5, Oct 2, Sept 3, Aug 4, June 13, May 8, April 6, Feb 4, Jan 9
2023: Dec 10, Nov 11, Oct 12, Sept 6, Aug 7, May 3, April 7, March 14, Feb 5, Jan 11
2022: Dec 11, Nov 12, Oct 19, Sept 18, Aug 15, July 12, June 14, May 25, April 12, Mar 15, Feb 31, Jan 20
2021: Dec 21, Nov 20, Sept 14, Aug 20, July 18, June 33, April 48
I don’t think it’s just AI, though – there are a combination of things happening in the tech world. For one, companies over-hired during COVID, and then pared back staff afterwards. For another, … well, check out the news, wink wink.
Stryker is hiring a Lead Data Engineer!
About Stryker: Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes.
My email address, if you want to let me know you are coming from Brent’s blog: Andrew.Buis@stryker.com
You can apply here:
https://stryker.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/StrykerCareers/details/Lead-Data-Engineer–Remote-_R562292?q=R562292
Work Flexibility: Remote
As a Lead Data Engineer for Instruments Commercial Analytics (ICA), you will play a key role in data projects across the Instruments division. In this role, you will partner closely with analysts, data scientists, and our business clients to understand needs and translate them into effective data engineering solutions. You will lead the design, development, testing, monitoring, and documentation of both new and enhanced data pipelines. Additionally, you will collaborate on defining data architecture and selecting appropriate cloud technologies to support data engineering solutions.
ICA is a client-sponsored team delivering strategic impact through scalable data infrastructure, insight-driven analytics, and agile, white-glove execution. Our work is rooted in data and designed to drive meaningful business strategy.
What You Will Do
Translate business requirements into robust & performant data pipelines with appropriate ETL/ELT and monitoring/logging steps for a wide variety of data sources, such as Databricks Unity Catalog, SAP HANA, Microsoft SSAS, Azure SQL Server, Oracle, Parquet, APIs, Excel & CSVs.
Lead and mentor others in advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
Independently perform and document requirements, business logic, impact assessment, and technical documentation to maintain and troubleshoot key systems and data assets.
Lead discussions with cross-divisional Stryker peers to collaboratively harness domain expertise and emerging capabilities to drive impact.
Provide helpful insights in discussions to identify opportunities in data architecture and data movement that enable business opportunities with key stakeholders.
Lead and deliver presentations and communications that build data engineering credibility and rapport to a medium-sized group, with some guidance.
What You Will Need
Required
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data analytics, mathematics, statistics, data science, or related field, or 6 years of additional data engineering work experience in lieu of degree.
Minimum of 4 years’ experience in data engineering or related technical role.
Experience in building and managing end?to?end data engineering solutions, from problem definition and requirements through architecture, deployment, and maintenance.
Experience in SQL and proficiency in at least one programming language central to data engineering (e.g., Python, Powershell, R, Spark).
Experience with ETL/ELT processes, optimizing and maintaining data pipelines, and data warehouse architecture.
Experience with DataOps, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code practices using GitHub/GitLab.
Experience using cloud?based data platforms or distributed computing technologies.
Experience performing code reviews, enforcing quality standards, and deploying improvements to production environments.
Preferred
Master’s degree.
Experience with Microsoft data services, including Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Server, and Databricks.
Experience with database administration.
Experience with a data-driven reporting platform, such as Power BI, Tableau, or SSRS.
$102,600.00 – $188,100.00 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.
Travel Percentage: 10%
Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.
Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Stryker is hiring a remote lead data engineer!
Remote/On-site/Hybrid
We aren’t offering sponsorship for this position.
You can email me to let me know you found the job posting through the blog: Andrew.Buis@stryker.com
You can apply here: https://stryker.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/StrykerCareers/job/Portage-Michigan/Lead-Data-Engineer–Remote-_R562292
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes.