Senior Application Database Administrator

Experian

4d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Application Database Administrator plays a key role in designing, supporting, and improving cloud-based databases that power modern applications. This person partners closely with engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure databases are reliable, scalable, secure, and optimized for performance. This is a hands-on role with strong technical leadership, where you will guide best practices and help teams build solutions that work well in cloud environments while supporting business-critical applications. You will report to the Software Development Agile Developer.

Requirements

7+ years of experience working with application databases or in DBA roles, including cloud environments
Strong expertise in at least one relational database platform (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
Hands-on experience with cloud-managed database services and modern architectures
Advanced skills in SQL performance tuning and troubleshooting
Experience supporting production systems and making sound technical decisions independently
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across diverse teams

Responsibilities

Lead the design, performance, and reliability of cloud-based, application-facing databases
Partner with engineering teams to build scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient database solutions
Guide best practices for database design, schema changes, and performance tuning
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, leading root cause analysis when needed
Implement standards, guardrails, and automation to improve database operations
Mentor team members and support knowledge sharing across engineering and database communities