Database Administrator II

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20h•$130,000 - $145,000•Remote

About The Position

This Database Administrator II role manages and administers all aspects of corporate databases and database platforms, including installation, configuration, maintenance, security, performance, ETL, and other support roles. The expectations are that this individual is comfortable supporting a variety of database platform configurations or versions but at least some level of expert competence working with any one of the following – Microsoft SQL Server, MySql, PostgreSQL, NoSQL. Working closely with application development, reporting, security, data, and DevOps teams, this individual ensures database reliability, availability, and scalability while driving performance improvements and implementing best practices for data management, automation, and security. The successful candidate is a proactive problem solver who leverages performance metrics and operational insights to identify optimization opportunities and support critical business systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator, managing backups, snapshots, and data archival
Management of security and separate environments for development, staging, and production.
Works with ETL tools, SSIS packages or modern cloud data pipelines, writing and troubleshooting SQL scripts
Create and maintain indexes, troubleshoot & monitor job execution and system performance issues
RedGate SQL Toolbelt and SQL Clone or other equivalent query & database admin tools
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Tableau or other BI and reporting platform development
Authoring and troubleshooting SQL statements and other DDL schema
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills for working with both business and technical teams
Strong experience with Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (RDS) platforms

Nice To Haves

Cloud certifications or equivalent experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Azure
Certifications: PostgreSQL, Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Database, Percona Server for MySQL or other equivalent certification
3-5 years of experience with creating, utilizing, and maintaining DevOps pipelines is strongly preferred.
Familiar with enterprise logging framework best practices
Possess know-how of DevOps practices, like version control systems (e.g., Git) for code deployment in a CI/CD pipeline.
Previous experience with platforms such as Docker, Bitbucket, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps, etc.
Experience with MDM solutions, Melissa Data address standardization, D&B enrichment, or other data quality, match, merge, & enrich tools.
Experience with other RDBMS, warehouse, or lakehouse database patterns or platforms such as Oracle, RedShift, No SQL etc.

Responsibilities

Management and administration of SQL Server database platforms
Management and administration of PostgreSQL database platforms
Management and administration of MySQL database platforms
Manage SQL Server backups and data archiving
Manage PostgreSQL backups and data archiving
Provide database support and expertise to report writing, business systems, software development, and other IT functions
Monitor job execution and server performance, and troubleshoot issues when they occur
Facilitate database system access to third-party resources when applicable
Work with other data, security and DevOps teams to implement and maintain source code, pipelines, and security best practices
Proactively identify optimization opportunities using query performance metrics or other environment bottlenecks.