Senior Database Administrator DBA

Compunnel

$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive hands-on DBA experience in complex enterprise environments.
  • Strong practical expertise with IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and AWS RDS.
  • Experience with database configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and recovery processes.
  • Proven track record supporting mission-critical systems with high demands on availability and performance.
  • Solid experience in AWS database environments.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and maintain enterprise database platforms in AWS and hybrid settings.
  • Perform installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades of database systems.
  • Monitor and tune performance to ensure reliability and security of database systems.
  • Troubleshoot incidents and conduct root cause analysis for complex database issues.
  • Manage backup, restore, and replication processes to ensure data integrity.
  • Implement disaster recovery strategies for critical business systems.

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity.
  • Support for critical business systems across diverse environments.
  • Focus on high availability and performance management.
  • Diverse technologies including leading database platforms.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) for a remote opportunity. This role involves managing enterprise relational databases within complex environments, with a focus on ensuring high availability, security, and performance. The position will support critical business systems across AWS and hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities
• Administer, maintain, and support enterprise database platforms across AWS and hybrid environments, including IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and AWS RDS.
• Perform installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, capacity planning, monitoring, performance tuning, and day-to-day operational support.
• Ensure the availability, reliability, security, and performance of critical database systems.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive actions to reduce repeat issues.
• Manage backup, restore, recovery, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery processes.
• Diagnose database issues across various systems, including networks and cloud infrastructure.

Required Qualifications
• Extensive hands-on DBA experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong practical expertise with IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and AWS RDS.
• Experience with database configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching and upgrades, and migrations.
• Experience supporting mission-critical systems with demanding availability, performance, security, and recovery requirements.
• Strong experience supporting database environments in AWS.

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