diff --git a/morpheus/loaders/sql_loader.py b/morpheus/loaders/sql_loader.py
index e3619f78c3..098d0df53c 100644
--- a/morpheus/loaders/sql_loader.py
+++ b/morpheus/loaders/sql_loader.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy import engine
 
 import cudf
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def _parse_query_data(
     Parameters
     ----------
     query_data : Dict[str, Union[str, Optional[Dict[str, Any]]]]
-        The dictionary containing the connection string, query, and params (optional).
+        The dictionary containing the query, and params (optional).
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -48,22 +49,19 @@ def _parse_query_data(
         A dictionary containing parsed connection string, query, and params (if present).
     """
 
-    return {
-        "connection_string": query_data["connection_string"],
-        "query": query_data["query"],
-        "params": query_data.get("params", None)
-    }
+    return {"query": query_data["query"], "params": query_data.get("params", None)}
 
 
-def _read_sql(connection_string: str, query: str, params: typing.Optional[typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]] = None) -> \
-        typing.Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:
+def _read_sql(engine_obj: engine.Engine,
+              query: str,
+              params: typing.Optional[typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]] = None) -> typing.Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:
     """
     Creates a DataFrame from a SQL query.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    connection_string : str
-        Connection string to the database.
+    engine_obj : engine.Engine
+        SQL engine instance.
     query : str
         SQL query.
     params : Optional[Dict[str, Any]], default=None
@@ -75,14 +73,10 @@ def _read_sql(connection_string: str, query: str, params: typing.Optional[typing
         A dictionary containing a DataFrame of the SQL query result.
     """
 
-    # TODO(Devin): PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
-    # TODO(Devin): Add connection pooling -- Probably needs to go on the actual loader
-    engine = create_engine(connection_string)
-
     if (params is None):
-        df = pd.read_sql(query, engine)
+        df = pd.read_sql(query, engine_obj)
     else:
-        df = pd.read_sql(query, engine, params=params)
+        df = pd.read_sql(query, engine_obj, params=params)
 
     return {"df": df}
 
@@ -132,14 +126,24 @@ def sql_loader(control_message: ControlMessage, task: typing.Dict[str, typing.An
 
     with CMDefaultFailureContextManager(control_message):
         final_df = None
+        engine_registry = {}
 
         sql_config = task["sql_config"]
         queries = sql_config["queries"]
-
-        for query_data in queries:
-            aggregate_df = functools.partial(_aggregate_df, df_aggregate=final_df)
-            execution_chain = ExecutionChain(function_chain=[_parse_query_data, _read_sql, aggregate_df])
-            final_df = execution_chain(query_data=query_data)
+        try:
+            for query_data in queries:
+                conn_str = query_data.pop("connection_string")
+                if conn_str not in engine_registry:
+                    engine_registry[conn_str] = create_engine(conn_str)
+
+                aggregate_df = functools.partial(_aggregate_df, df_aggregate=final_df)
+                read_sql = functools.partial(_read_sql, engine_obj=engine_registry[conn_str])
+                execution_chain = ExecutionChain(function_chain=[_parse_query_data, read_sql, aggregate_df])
+                final_df = execution_chain(query_data=query_data)
+        finally:
+            # Dispose all open connections.
+            for engine_obj in engine_registry.values():
+                engine_obj.dispose()
 
         control_message.payload(MessageMeta(final_df))
 
diff --git a/morpheus/utils/control_message_utils.py b/morpheus/utils/control_message_utils.py
index b1bd40fb36..7d6d7a9254 100644
--- a/morpheus/utils/control_message_utils.py
+++ b/morpheus/utils/control_message_utils.py
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ def cm_default_failure_context_manager(raise_on_failure: bool = False) -> typing
     def decorator(func):
 
         @wraps(func)
-        def wrapper(control_messsage: ControlMessage, *args, **kwargs):
-            with CMDefaultFailureContextManager(control_message=control_messsage,
+        def wrapper(control_message: ControlMessage, *args, **kwargs):
+            ret_cm = control_message
+            with CMDefaultFailureContextManager(control_message=control_message,
                                                 raise_on_failure=raise_on_failure) as ctx_mgr:
-                cm_ensure_payload_not_null(control_message=control_messsage)
+                cm_ensure_payload_not_null(control_message=control_message)
                 ret_cm = func(ctx_mgr.control_message, *args, **kwargs)
 
             return ret_cm