Database Administrator

Overview

Plan, configure and maintain production database systems, ensuring their accuracy, security, integrity and performance across cloud and on-premise environments.

What you'll do

• Manage database access by creating, maintaining and purging user accounts, along with table and data permissions.
• Execute audit procedures to track schedule changes and monitor new items created within the database environment.
• Coordinate backup tasks and participate in disaster recovery exercises to maintain business continuity.
• Support capacity planning by running established reports, gathering data and performing routine maintenance such as data compression.
• Tune system performance by monitoring query efficiency and rebuilding inconsistent or corrupt indexes.
• Troubleshoot application failures alongside senior team members to identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Maintain operational documentation including SQL recovery presentations, naming standards and performance guidelines.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience with installation, customization, testing and maintenance of database systems in production.
• Extensive DBMS knowledge across multiple technologies including AWS and Azure managed databases, MongoDB (Atlas) and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency with database utilities used to manage, monitor and maintain local and geographically dispersed systems.
• Solid problem-solving skills to analyze moderate-scope issues and exercise judgment within defined procedures.
• Strong communication skills to build productive internal and external working relationships across teams.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's Degree specifically in an IT-related field.
• Strong knowledge of either Oracle or SQL Server environments.
• Advanced familiarity with enterprise-level database recovery technologies.