Eric Ritzie

Senior Database Administrator with 15+ years of SQL Server expertise and a foundation in IT going back to the early 1990s — self-taught across hardware, networking, software development, and database engineering.

I've owned the full DBA stack at every level: enterprise-scale platform support at Expedia supporting 1,000+ SQL Server instances across petabyte-scale environments, cloud-hybrid architecture and SOX compliance tooling at Marcus & Millichap, and six years as the sole 24/7 DBA at Northwest Multiple Listing Service — including a complete SQL Server fleet upgrade from 2016 to 2022, SSIS pipeline modernization, CIS Benchmark compliance automation, multi-hop transactional replication, and query tuning that cut execution times from 30 minutes to under 15 seconds.

My toolkit: T-SQL development, SSIS/SSRS, PowerShell and dbatools automation, Jupyter Notebook-driven workflows, Azure SQL, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, Always On Availability Groups, log shipping, and SOX/CIS Benchmark compliance tooling. I actively integrate AI tooling into daily DBA workflows to accelerate scripting, documentation, and automation.

Open to Senior DBA and Lead DBA roles in remote-friendly environments.