# Lead SQL Infrastructure Architect

**Company**: Humana Inc.
**Location**: Louisville, KY
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $142,300 - $195,700 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Lead SQL Infrastructure Architect leads the planning, design, and engineering of enterprise-level infrastructure and platforms related to the SQL Server environment.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise SQL Server platforms.

- Develop and maintain database infrastructure standards, roadmaps, and best practices.

- Design highly available and disaster recovery solutions using technologies such as SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, and Replication.

- Partner with engineering, cloud, security, and application teams to deliver integrated infrastructure solutions.

- Evaluate new technologies, products, and services to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

- Provide technical leadership for large-scale infrastructure modernization, migration, and transformation initiatives.

- Optimize database performance, scalability, capacity planning, and operational efficiency.

- Establish monitoring, automation, and maintenance strategies to ensure platform health and uptime.

- Drive security and compliance initiatives, including data protection, access management, and audit readiness.

- Lead technical projects, mentor engineers, and serve as an escalation point for complex production issues.

- Present recommendations and strategic guidance to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

- 8+ years of experience supporting, administering, and architecting Microsoft SQL Server environments.

- 2+ years of experience leading technical projects, infrastructure initiatives, or engineering teams.

- Expertise in SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and database security.

- Experience with SQL Server technologies such as Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, and T-SQL.

- Strong understanding of Windows Server, storage, networking, and enterprise infrastructure.

- Experience supporting production-critical database environments in large-scale organizations.

- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

- Passion for delivering reliable technology solutions and improving customer experiences.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Master's degree in a technical field.

- 10+ years of SQL Server infrastructure and architecture experience.

- Experience with Microsoft Azure SQL, Azure Virtual Machines, and hybrid cloud environments.

- Experience with PowerShell, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates).

- Background in healthcare, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.

- Microsoft certifications such as Azure Database Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

- Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, or SolarWinds.

- Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence enterprise architecture decisions.

**Work Arrangements**

- Remote position with occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings.

- Must have a dedicated workspace with reliable internet connection (minimum 25 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload).

**Scheduled Weekly Hours**

- 40 hours per week

**Pay Range**

- $142,300 - $195,700 per year

**Benefits**

- Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off, and more.

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## Skills

### Required
- SQL Server
- database administration
- performance tuning
- high availability
- disaster recovery
- database security
- Windows Server
- storage
- networking
- enterprise infrastructure

### Nice to have
- Microsoft Azure SQL
- Azure Virtual Machines
- hybrid cloud environments
- PowerShell
- automation
- Infrastructure as Code
- Splunk
- Datadog
- Dynatrace
- SolarWinds

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