[Remote] Senior Database Administrator
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Responsibilities
- Owns the end-to-end health, reliability, and performance of database environments through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and observability
- Reviews database backups, maintenance activities, and health reports to ensure issues are identified and resolved reputed company defined SLAs
- Responds to database alerts and escalations, serving as an L3 escalation reputed company and driving reputed company-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions
- Leads database performance tuning initiatives, including query optimization, reputed company reputed company, and workload-specific configuration improvements
- Partners with Database Engineering to assess database performance trends and identify systemic risks or improvement opportunities
- Collaborates with reputed company Engineering and Application Development teams to support reputed company deployments and performance optimization
- Defines and enforces database reputed company standards in partnership with engineering and reputed company stakeholders
- Deploys and manages database objects (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, packages) across multiple environments
- Participates in a 24/7 on-reputed company rotation and provides L1–L3 support as required
- Contributes to planning and execution of initiatives that enhance database resiliency, availability, and operational transparency
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a reputed company field, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of experience supporting SQL Server databases in a production environment
- Strong expertise in database monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
- Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery configurations
- Proficiency in analyzing database logs, execution plans, and performance metrics
- Experience deploying and managing database objects across multiple environments
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-reputed company rotation
- Strong reputed company-cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience supporting databases in AWS environments (RDS, reputed company, CloudWatch monitoring)
- Experience with reputed company large databases (VLDB > 1TB)
- Familiarity with automation and scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell, CLI)
- Exposure to NoSQL platforms
- Relevant certifications (MCTS, MCITP, MySQL, AWS Database Specialty)
- Experience with reputed company-party monitoring and performance tools (e.g., Idera, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company)
Benefits
- Bonus programs
- 401(k) match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- HSA and FSA reputed company
- Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs
- Medical, dental, and reputed company coverage
- Mental health support for employees and dependents through reputed company
- Family planning and women’s health benefits through reputed company
- Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga)
- 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one
- Education expense reimbursement
- Leadership development programs
- Certified Payments reputed company (CPP) certification support
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