Senior Database Administrator Jobs

Discover senior database administrator jobs with organizations seeking experienced professionals to manage, secure, and optimize critical data systems. Ladders features vetted professional opportunities paying $100,000 or more, including roles across enterprise IT, financial services, healthcare, technology, and other data-driven industries.

What Senior Database Administrators Do

Senior database administrators oversee the availability, performance, and security of an organization’s databases. They may design database environments, manage installations and upgrades, monitor systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and establish backup and recovery processes. In senior positions, they often set standards, guide database strategy, and mentor administrators and engineering teams.

Skills and Qualifications

Employers commonly seek substantial database administration experience and expertise with platforms such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL. Familiarity with cloud database services, data modeling, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, access controls, and scripting can also be valuable. Clear communication and the ability to coordinate with application, infrastructure, security, and business teams are important in senior roles.

Explore Senior DBA Career Opportunities

Senior database administrator openings vary by employer and technology environment. Some roles focus on cloud migration and platform architecture, while others emphasize operational reliability, compliance, or large-scale performance optimization. Browse senior DBA opportunities on Ladders to find positions that fit your experience, technical strengths, and career goals.

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$120K - $145K *

Lead the charge in database operations, ensuring optimal performance and security for mission-critical systems. Oversee a technical team while aligning with federal standards and integrating with deve...

United StatesRemote

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$110K - $130K *

Unlock potential by managing complex databases and ensuring data integrity. Collaborate with IT teams to design, implement, and maintain database systems while adhering to security protocols and optim...

New Cumberland, PARemote

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$85K - $111K *

Join a team that's dedicated to managing Oracle database systems, ensuring optimal performance and security across on-premises and cloud environments. Collaborate with development and infrastructure t...

RemoteRemote

2 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Business Services

$110K - $130K *

Transform database operations by ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability of Microsoft SQL Server environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support mission-critical appli...

Chicago, ILRemote

Today

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$125K - $150K *

Lead the design and implementation of SQL Server architecture, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery across a multi-tenant cloud environment. Collaborate with teams to tackle complex databa...

United StatesRemote

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Business Services

$125K - $140K *

Optimize your career by managing enterprise-wide database environments, ensuring high availability, executing disaster recovery strategies, and supporting critical operations in a dynamic SaaS ecosyst...

United StatesRemote

5 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Healthcare

$105K - $231K *

Join a team that's dedicated to optimizing Oracle databases for mission-critical medical readiness systems. Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to ensure security, performance, and reliability in a...

United StatesRemote

Today

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$95K - $158K *

Champion high-availability database platforms, driving automation and cloud modernization. Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance reliability and performance across hybrid environments, ensurin...

RemoteRemote

2 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Retail & Consumer Goods

$148K - $263K *

Manage and maintain Oracle databases, leveraging expertise in Unix scripting and PL/SQL. Engage in data migration, interface development, and automated task management while collaborating within a dyn...

United StatesRemote

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$115K - $150K *

Innovate at the forefront of database management, ensuring performance, reliability, and security in a high-volume SQL Server environment. Lead incident response and engineering solutions to enhance o...

United StatesRemote

Reposted 2 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$110K - $130K *

Join a team that's shaping database strategies and standards. In this role, you'll enhance database performance, ensure data integrity, and collaborate with engineering teams to optimize our database...

United StatesRemote

6 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Education, Government & Non-Profit

$110K - $130K *

Optimize and support database platforms, focusing on MySQL and SQL Server migrations to AWS. Lead performance tuning, replication, and maintenance while collaborating with developers to enhance databa...

United StatesRemote

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$110K - $130K *

Champion the maintenance and optimization of Oracle databases in AWS, ensuring system integrity and performance. Collaborate with teams to implement solutions, manage configurations, and support compl...

United StatesRemote

3 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$120K - $145K *

Transform customer engagement by providing expert pre-sales technical support, leading complex solution development, and delivering impactful presentations to ensure tailored solutions meet client nee...

RemoteRemote

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Manufacturing & Automotive

$95K - $115K *

Join a team that's dedicated to optimizing database environments and supporting cloud modernization efforts. Leverage your expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle to enhance performance and ensur...

Washington, DCRemote

3 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Education, Government & Non-Profit

$110K - $130K *

Join a dynamic team to design and optimize enterprise database solutions, leveraging Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, and AWS technologies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data integration and s...

Sterling, VARemote

6 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$80K - $95K *

Join a team that's dedicated to ensuring database and application reliability. This role focuses on diagnosing outages, coordinating recovery efforts, and supporting enterprise IT operations to mainta...

Chicago, ILRemote

2 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$130K - $155K *

Empower business innovation by architecting and automating robust database platforms. Collaborate across teams to enhance data provisioning, security, and performance, ensuring scalable solutions that...

RemoteRemote

3 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$120K - $145K *

Join a dynamic Reliability team as a Senior Database Engineer, enhancing database performance and reliability. Collaborate across engineering to optimize distributed databases, ensuring high availabil...

United StatesRemote

3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$135K - $160K *

Empower our data platform by designing, building, and operating core capabilities. Collaborate with teams to enhance ingestion, storage, and API functionalities, ensuring scalability and resilience wh...

RemoteRemote

2 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$110K - $181K *

Empower our Database Engineering team by leading the design, implementation, and support of enterprise PostgreSQL environments, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across cloud and o...

Illinois, USRemote

Yesterday

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$100K - $120K *

Champion database and server excellence by managing SQL Server and Windows environments. Ensure optimal performance, security, and availability across development, test, and production systems while s...

Albuquerque, NMRemote

1 week ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Technical Services

$139K - $174K *

Unlock your potential by leading a dynamic database operations team. With over a decade of experience, guide strategic database infrastructure initiatives, ensure system reliability, and foster a cult...

Raleigh, NCRemote

Reposted 4 weeks ago

  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$100K - $140K *

Join a dynamic team to enhance clinical database design, driving efficiency and innovation in data management. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and quality in clinical tria...

CanadaRemote

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Pharmaceuticals & Biotech

$150K - $200K *

Champion the evolution of DevOps practices by providing technical leadership and architectural direction across agile teams, enhancing software delivery speed and reliability while fostering a culture...

RemoteRemote

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • What does a senior database administrator do?question toggle

    A senior database administrator manages and improves database systems, including their performance, availability, security, backup, and recovery. Senior DBAs may also shape database architecture, lead technical projects, and mentor colleagues.

  • What qualifications are common for senior database administrator jobs?question toggle

    Employers typically look for extensive database administration experience, knowledge of one or more database platforms, and skills in performance tuning, backup and recovery, security, and high availability. Cloud database experience and scripting skills may also be useful.

  • Which database platforms should a senior DBA know?question toggle

    Requirements depend on the employer. Common platforms include Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, along with cloud services such as Amazon RDS, Azure SQL, and Google Cloud databases.

  • Do senior database administrator jobs pay $100,000 or more?question toggle

    Many senior DBA roles meet or exceed $100,000, though compensation varies based on location, experience, industry, platform expertise, and the scope of the position. Ladders focuses on vetted professional jobs paying $100,000 or more.

  • Where can I find senior database administrator jobs?question toggle

    Browse senior database administrator listings on Ladders to explore vetted professional opportunities and identify roles aligned with your background and career goals.