Job Description

Lead Consultant - Database Administrator

The Opportunity

We are looking for a hands-on, highly experienced Database Administrator Lead Consultant to join a small, collaborative database engineering team supporting enterprise data platforms used by millions of consumers. This role combines deep technical database administration with performance optimization, security, reliability engineering, and modernization across mission-critical environments.

This is an opportunity for someone who does more than maintain systems. We are looking for a proactive technical leader who can assess the environment, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive solutions forward without waiting to be directed. The ideal candidate is a go-getter who enjoys solving complex problems, partnering across teams, and helping shape a more scalable, secure, and resilient database ecosystem.

What You'll Do

• In this role, you will administer and support enterprise database platforms including SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, and PostgreSQL. You will monitor, tune, and optimize database performance, availability, and reliability while supporting installations, upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
• You will also support high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, including clustering, replication, backup, and recovery strategies. A key focus for this role will include supporting active-active disaster recovery capabilities and helping ensure database environments are designed for resilience across critical production systems.
• You will partner closely with application developers, infrastructure teams, and data engineering stakeholders to troubleshoot application performance issues, improve database design, strengthen security and access controls, and contribute to automation and modernization initiatives.

Why This Role Matters

• Our database platforms support critical services at scale, and this role will help ensure those environments remain reliable, secure, performant, and ready for future growth.
• If you are a seasoned SQL Server database professional who enjoys leading from the front, improving complex environments, and partnering across teams to solve meaningful technical problems, this role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact.

Leadership Profile We're Looking For

• Take ownership of complex database challenges and proactively recommend improvements.
• Lead through influence while working across application, infrastructure, and data engineering teams.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Balance hands-on execution with strategic thinking around performance, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Navigate growing data environments, including large-scale communications data, and help determine practical ways to optimize cost, performance, and platform fit.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Microsoft SQL Server database administration.
• Experience with additional database platforms such as MongoDB, MySQL, or MariaDB.
• Strong expertise in SQL Server performance tuning, security, backup/recovery, and Always On Availability Groups.
• Experience supporting databases in virtualized environments.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex database, application connectivity, and data integration issues.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder partnership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Nutanix or other enterprise virtualization platforms.
• Experience with PostgreSQL administration and support.
• Experience with SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures.
• PowerShell scripting and database automation experience.
• Experience with MongoDB replica sets, production upgrades, and monitoring tools.
• Experience with MySQL/MariaDB replication and enterprise platform support.

AIP2024

Compensation: The annual salary offered will be in the range of $140,000- $160,000. Please ignore the range given below as that constitutes the entirety of the job profile range.

Annual Bonus: Eligible, and up to 20% of base salary

Skills
Database Administration, Database Design, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Database Performance, Data Modeling

Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 98,100.00 - 167,850.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

Work Environment: Except for our Customer Care roles which necessitates onsite work, most other roles are remote. AIP is a remote-first company; however, our roles are open to in-office or flex work if you live in a city with a physical office location

Physical Demands: We primarily collaborate with our colleagues through virtual meetings and office collaboration tools. Employees will have to operate a laptop computer (PC or Mac available), computer software platforms, and other office productivity machinery, as necessary. Employees must be able to remain stationary for extended periods and must be able to observe and interpret written and/or verbal communication.

Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.

When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

To help create a more personal and engaging experience, we ask that you join with your camera on if your interview is virtual. Please also have a Valid Photo Identification available at the start of your interview. If you require any accommodations or have questions ahead of your interview please reach out to your recruiter.

Note: Internal candidates are only asked to join on video; a Valid Photo Identification is not needed for the interview.