Summary
Steve Coombs is a seasoned Database Engineer with 11+ years of hands-on experience designing, tuning, and operating large-scale SQL Server environments, currently serving as Database Engineer 5 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has administered and performance-tuned thousands of OLTP databases and multiple OLAP warehouses, led tech teams, and acted as a subject matter expert in SQL Server and BizTalk across 24x7 distributed systems. His background as an SRE/systems administrator gives him a systems-level perspective that prioritizes elegant, simple data flow and reliable operational practices. Known for troubleshooting complex, high-stakes incidents, he’s comfortable across Windows, Linux, virtualization and storage stacks—skills honed over long-tenured roles at AdvancedMD and Utah State University. Based in Salt Lake City, he blends practical production experience with a passion for getting the right data to the right people for the right reasons.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA Liberal Arts, BA Liberal Arts at Utah State University
English, Swedish