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NelnetPosted 3 weeks ago

Sr. Database Administrator – NPS

$120,000–$120,000 year

On-siteLincoln, Nebraska, United States

Full TimeSenior LevelLarge

Job Summary

Research, design, implement, and manage enterprise database systems for mission-critical business systems on AWS environments. Lead complex database migrations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives while designing high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Monitor, analyze, and improve database performance, scalability, and reliability for enterprise SQL Server and Aurora Postgres platforms. Ensure security, compliance, backup, and recovery strategies are properly implemented and maintain the architecture, health, and operational reliability of the Reporting Database. Manage the CDC pipeline's health, reliability, and daily operations, including data truncation processes to meet retention requirements. Establish database change governance across PostgreSQL and SQL Server, defining and auditing access governance and least privilege principles. Review complex, high-risk schema and query changes, guiding engineering teams on solution design and best practices. Support production systems through on-call rotation and continue updating technical knowledge on emerging database technologies and AI-enabled operational tools.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline
  • 7+ years of experience in database administration and architecture
  • Experience with Aurora Postgres
  • Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2019 platforms
  • Hands-on experience managing databases in cloud environments
  • Experience designing high availability and disaster recovery solutions
  • Experience with AWS RDS and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
  • Knowledge of database security hardening practices
  • Experience with database monitoring, alerting, and incident response
  • Ability to automate operations via SQL scripting and related tooling
  • Ability to design new database clusters and high availability configurations

Desired Qualifications

  • Exposure to data streaming or CDC concepts
  • Familiarity with database schema migration tools such as Liquibase

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