Database Administrator

Staritas• Remote, US,

2d•$135,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

Staritas is seeking an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to administer, maintain, secure, and optimize the organization’s production and non-production database environments. The role supports healthcare technology platforms by ensuring critical data systems remain reliable, available, performant, and scalable. The DBA works with Engineering, Product, Analytics, Infrastructure, and Software Engineering teams on database operations, design, development, deployment, and optimization, while supporting business and customer needs. The position involves hands-on administration of Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, and PostgreSQL. Responsibilities include database installations, upgrades, patches, configuration changes, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery. The DBA also supports SQL Server migrations to AWS and uses Terraform pull requests and a deployment pipeline to make platform changes rather than applying changes through the console. This is a fully remote role with travel of up to 10% based on business needs. Employees are expected to attend occasional company gatherings, which may last up to one week, with ample notice. The work is primarily at a desk or workstation and involves use of standard office equipment. The base salary range is $135,000–$150,000 annually, plus benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.
3–5 years of database administration experience in enterprise environments.
Experience administering relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar platforms.
Experience with database backup, recovery, maintenance, and performance tuning.
Experience troubleshooting database performance and availability issues.
Experience supporting cloud-based and SaaS applications.
Proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or other enterprise database platforms.
Strong knowledge of SQL, database architecture, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning.
Experience with database monitoring and administration tools.
Familiarity with high availability, replication, clustering, and disaster recovery technologies.
Experience with PowerShell, Python, SQL scripting, or other automation tools.
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and managed database services.
Understanding of data security, encryption, auditing, and access management practices.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Experience within healthcare technology, healthcare data, or regulated environments.
Experience supporting cloud database platforms in Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Knowledge of data lake basics, including S3, Glue, Athena, and Iceberg, sufficient to work with the data platform team on DMS targets.
Experience with SQL Server and Active Directory on AWS, including domain join, Windows authentication, and AWS Managed AD.
Knowledge of SQL Server licensing on AWS, including License Included versus BYOL and License Mobility.

Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, maintain, and support production and non-production database environments.
Proactively monitor and optimize databases to ensure performance, availability, reliability, and scalability.
Perform database installations, upgrades, patches, and configuration changes.
Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues, performance bottlenecks, and system outages.
Administer SQL Server, including availability groups, TDE, CDC and replication, backup and restore, and performance tuning.
Support Amazon RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, including Multi-AZ, read replicas, Serverless v2 capacity, parameter groups, snapshots, point-in-time restore, and Performance Insights or CloudWatch Database Insights.
Administer PostgreSQL roles and row-level security, logical replication, extensions, and major-version upgrades, including RDS blue/green deployments.
Support SQL Server migrations to AWS by selecting between RDS, RDS Custom, and EC2, using native backup and restore through S3, and using AWS DMS with change data capture.
Maintain database security on AWS, including KMS encryption, Secrets Manager rotation, IAM database authentication, and TLS with validated certificates.
Support backup and disaster recovery using AWS Backup, cross-region copies, regular restore testing, and Aurora Global Database failover.
Make platform changes through Terraform pull requests and pipelines rather than through the console.
Monitor database security, access controls, and compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with Software Engineering teams on database design, development, deployment, and optimization initiatives.