Senior Database Administrator
$138,000–$164,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Own end-to-end health, reliability, and performance of mission-critical SQL Server environments across on-premises and AWS through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and observability. Review backups, maintenance activities, and health reports to ensure issues are identified and resolved within defined SLAs. Respond to database alerts and escalations as an L3 escalation point, driving root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions. Lead performance tuning initiatives including query optimization, index strategy, and workload-specific configuration improvements. Deploy and manage database objects across multiple environments while defining and enforcing security standards. Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation providing L1–L3 support as required. Contribute to planning and execution of initiatives enhancing database resiliency, availability, and operational transparency.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of experience supporting SQL Server and/or MySQL databases in production environments
- Strong expertise in database monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
- Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery configurations
- Proficiency in analyzing database logs, execution plans, and performance metrics
- Experience deploying and managing database objects across multiple environments
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation
- Strong root-cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting databases in AWS environments (RDS, Aurora, CloudWatch monitoring)
- Experience with very large databases (VLDB > 1TB)
- Familiarity with automation and scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell, CLI)
- Exposure to NoSQL platforms
- Relevant certifications (MCTS, MCITP, MySQL, AWS Database Specialty)
- Experience with third-party monitoring and performance tools (e.g., Idera, SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk)
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