Senior Database Administrator
About The Position
Some careers keep systems running. This one lets you become the reason people never have to think about them. Every improvement you make creates confidence, stability, and trust for the people who depend on our platform every day. You'll feel the satisfaction of solving problems that others can't, knowing your work quietly protects experiences that matter. You'll take pride in leaving every system stronger than you found it, building reliability that lasts long after the work is complete. You'll help reshape the future of how organizations safeguard and trust their most valuable information. You'll set a new standard for thoughtful engineering, where careful decisions become lasting achievements and disciplined craftsmanship earns lasting respect. Here, your expertise isn't hidden behind layers of process—it drives meaningful outcomes. You'll have the freedom to solve difficult challenges, the ownership to make a measurable difference, and the opportunity to build work you'll be proud to point to for years to come. If you're motivated by mastery, purpose, and creating something people can genuinely depend on, you'll find a place where your best work truly matters.
Requirements
- 8+ years administering production databases.
- Expert PostgreSQL administration.
- Expert Microsoft SQL Server administration.
- Advanced SQL, T-SQL, and PL/pgSQL.
- Deep experience with execution plan analysis and performance tuning.
- Proven experience leading zero-downtime production migrations.
- Strong HA/DR, replication, backup, and recovery expertise.
- Experience with AWS RDS, Aurora, or equivalent cloud database platforms.
- Strong security, encryption, auditing, and least-privilege practices.
- Excellent written communication.
Nice To Haves
- ERP or data warehouse experience.
- High-volume transactional platforms.
- BI and warehouse modeling.
- Infrastructure-as-code.
- Redis or distributed caching.
- Event-driven architectures.
- AI-assisted engineering experience.
Responsibilities
- Own production performance across PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
- Diagnose and resolve execution plan, indexing, locking, blocking, and query performance issues.
- Design and operate high availability, replication, failover, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Lead zero-downtime schema changes and production database migrations.
- Execute large-scale data migrations and backfills using safe, verifiable processes.
- Maintain secure database access, encryption, auditing, and governance practices.
- Build monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning processes.
- Support reporting, analytics, and warehouse performance.
- Continuously improve database reliability, safety, and operational excellence.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employer Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Dayforce Wallet – get paid as you earn
- Employee Discount
- Retirement Planning (401k with matching contribution)
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness Program Offerings
- Paid Time Off
- 9 Paid Holidays per year, including 1 floating holiday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
