Senior Database Administrator (AWS/SQL)

We are seeking a Database Administrator to design, implement, support, administer, and maintain relational database platforms (including AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Snowflake), covering database design and implementation, monitoring and performance tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery support, on-call operations to meet service levels, and automation via infrastructure-as-code and scripting (CloudFormation/Terraform, PowerShell, Python), while leveraging AI-based tooling to proactively detect, diagnose, and improve RDBMS environments.

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As a Database Administrator, you will:  

• Create, administer, monitor, and maintain multiple relational databases such as MS SQL Server, AWS Aurora-Postgres, Snowflake, etc.  
  • Work on new and existing logical/physical database designs for applications and infrastructure.  Implement relational databases, tables, and table changes, etc.  
  • Support application development for problem solving and performance tuning.  
  • Assist in administering, monitoring and maintaining SQL Server/Snowflake/Aurora Postgres environments, including for disaster recovery.  
  • Be on-call and occasionally work odd hours to help meet customer service level commitments.
  • Design, Develop, Deploy, and Maintain automation using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform) and custom PowerShell and Python scripts to improve the stability of systems and the productivity of the team.
  • Leverage AI solutions such as Agentic systems and tooling to help pro-actively detect, diagnose, and improve RDBMS systems.

• Experience with PostgreSQL, especially AWS RDS PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora PostgreSQL
• Experience working in a Cloud environment, especially AWS
• Experience with recent Microsoft SQL Server versions (2022, 2019, 2017)
• Experience in database design for data integrity, performance tuning and capacity optimization. 
• Knowledge of the SQL language and its capabilities
• Ability to analyze SQL and provide recommendations (performance tuning, tables, views, triggers, indexes, constraints, etc.)  and best practices
• Experience in application (e.g., timeouts, deadlocks, etc.) and server troubleshooting. 
• Advanced knowledge of SQL Server components and tools (Extended Events, etc.) 
• Ability to automate routine processes with PowerShell and/or Python
• Experience with installation, configuration, support, and tuning of different complex Microsoft SQL Server installations and setups (Availability Groups, Multi-site Availability Groups, Failover Clusters Instances, etc.) 
• Strong understanding of monitoring: interpretation, actions to take, implementations and administration. 
• Experience in Incident Management and good understanding of SOX and other regulatory compliance 
• Good communication skills, ability to collaborate in a team. 
• Ability to take initiative instead of waiting for work to be assigned. 
• Active participation in discussions and ability to have and state opinions. 
• Ability and eagerness to learn and to pick-up other Relational and NoSQL Database Technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• 4+ years of experience with creating, administering, monitoring, and maintaining multiple relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, etc.
• Familiarity with working on the AWS Cloud platform with RDS SQL Server and Aurora-Postgres and with EC2 instances and related features. 
• Exposure to Managing a Multi-Site (Active-Active) Environment 

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