Windows & SQL Server In-place Upgrade Automation Engineer

Automate Windows Server in-place upgrades

Automate SQL Server in-place upgrades

Support standalone SQL Server environments

Support SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)

Support SQL Always On Availability Groups

Perform rolling cluster upgrades with minimal downtime

Build PowerShell automation for upgrade, validation, and rollback activities

Integrate upgrade workflows with GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners

Integrate automation with MCM for orchestration and workflow tracking

Perform automated pre-upgrade health checks

Validate OS and SQL version compatibility

Coordinate and validate VM snapshots and backups

Validate SQL database and system database backups

Automate DBCC CHECKDB and SQL health checks

Automate cluster failover and failback

Validate SQL services, databases, SQL Agent jobs, listeners, and application connectivity

Build post-upgrade validation and reporting

Develop rollback and recovery automation

Troubleshoot failed Windows, SQL, cluster, and pipeline executions

Maintain automation code in Git

Follow change-management and production deployment processes

Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022+

PowerShell automation

Git and GitLab

GitLab CI/CD pipelines

GitLab Runner configuration and troubleshooting

MCM workflow/orchestration integration

Windows Server Failover Clustering

SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI)

SQL Always On Availability Groups

VMware / virtual machine environments

SQL Server backup and recovery

Windows and SQL upgrade automation

REST API integration

JSON / YAML

Production change-management experience

 MCM → GitLab Pipeline → GitLab Runner → PowerShell Automation → Prechecks → Snapshot/Backup → Windows/SQL Upgrade → Cluster/AG Validation → Postchecks → Status back to MCM

 Experience building large-scale automated Windows and SQL upgrade solutions using PowerShell, GitLab Runner, GitLab CI/CD, MCM, VM snapshots, backup validation, rolling cluster upgrades, post-validation, rollback, and centralized reporting.