Senior Database Administrator
About The Position
The Senior Database Administrator plays a critical role in ensuring the stability, performance, and security of Priority’s mission-critical database environments across SQL Server and MySQL platforms, both on-premises and in AWS. This role owns day-to-day database health, monitoring, and incident response while driving continuous improvements to reliability, availability, and performance. You will partner closely with Cloud Engineering, Application Development, and Product teams to support revenue-impacting systems, balance real-time operational demands with long-term resiliency planning, and act as a trusted advisor on database-related decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of experience supporting SQL Server and/or MySQL databases in production environments.
- Strong expertise in database monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery configurations.
- Proficiency in analyzing database logs, execution plans, and performance metrics.
- Experience deploying and managing database objects across multiple environments.
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- Strong root-cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting databases in AWS environments (RDS, Aurora, CloudWatch monitoring).
- Experience with very large databases (VLDB > 1TB).
- Familiarity with automation and scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell, CLI).
- Exposure to NoSQL platforms.
- Relevant certifications (MCTS, MCITP, MySQL, AWS Database Specialty).
- Experience with third-party monitoring and performance tools (e.g., Idera, SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk).
Responsibilities
- Owns the end-to-end health, reliability, and performance of database environments through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and observability.
- Reviews database backups, maintenance activities, and health reports to ensure issues are identified and resolved within defined SLAs.
- Responds to database alerts and escalations, serving as an L3 escalation point and driving root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
- Leads database performance tuning initiatives, including query optimization, index strategy, and workload-specific configuration improvements.
- Partners with Database Engineering to assess database performance trends and identify systemic risks or improvement opportunities.
- Collaborates with Cloud Engineering and Application Development teams to support scalable deployments and performance optimization.
- Defines and enforces database security standards in partnership with engineering and security stakeholders.
- Deploys and manages database objects (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, packages) across multiple environments.
- Participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation and provides L1–L3 support as required.
- Contributes to planning and execution of initiatives that enhance database resiliency, availability, and operational transparency.
Benefits
- Bonus programs
- 401(k) match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- HSA and FSA options
- Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health
- Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot
- Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga)
- 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one
- Education expense reimbursement
- Leadership development programs
- Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
