Lead SQL Database Engineer - AI & Automation

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise SQL Server platform engineering, driving automation-first operations and modernization across the database lifecycle.
• Create standardized automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and self-service capabilities to enable scalable and compliant database operations.
• Oversee platform reliability, including observability, HA/DR, backup, recovery, and AIOps-driven incident prevention and resolution.
• Manage database operations governance, ensuring security, compliance, and effective handling of high-severity incidents and root cause analysis.
• Develop team capability through technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration with application, infrastructure, and security partners.

Required Qualifications

• 8 –10+ years of SQL Server DBA experience (performance tuning, HA/DR, backup & recovery); bachelor’s degree required.
• Strong automation/scripting experience (PowerShell, Ansible, T-SQL).
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools, AIOps, and intelligent automation.
• Exposure to CI/CD for database deployments (e.g., Azure DevOps or similar).
• Solid understanding of security, compliance, and audit controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms.
• Exposure to modern developer tools (e.g., VS Code).

About MetLife

MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

Equal Opportunity Employer

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).