Purpose of the Job
We are seeking a highly experienced and proactive D&T Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to join our dynamic and collaborative technology team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, integrity, and scalability of our database systems across development, staging, and production environments. You will contribute to architecture design, database development, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and security efforts while guiding both technical teams and strategic initiatives.
This is a hands-on position ideal for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a high-growth environment and is ready to influence key architectural decisions while supporting mission-critical systems globally.
Job Description
Database Administration & Performance
- Monitor and maintain database systems to ensure optimal performance, availability, and scalability
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database and application-related issues
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using tuning and optimization techniques
- Plan and execute major upgrades, patches, migrations, and high availability implementations
- Improve and maintain an acceptable RTO policy for always on availability across regions
Development & Data Modeling
- Develop stored procedures, SSIS packages, and implement relational database design and referential integrity
- Perform data modeling for proposed and existing systems
- Support developers with schema design, query optimization, and indexing strategies
Maintenance & Operations
- Design and manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies
- Automate routine maintenance and operational tasks to improve efficiency
- Manage access controls, permissions, and data security compliance
- Create and enforce standards for database migration, development lifecycle, and documentation
Collaboration & Leadership
- Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and software development teams on system design and enhancements
- Provide consulting and approval on all database-related changes
- Lead database-related decision making and process improvements
- Participate in capacity planning, growth forecasting and disaster recovery planning
Monitoring & Reporting
- Set up and maintain proactive monitoring, alerting and health checks
Job Requirements - Experience and Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (2016 and above) in a production environment
- Proficiency in RDBMS platforms (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
- Strong experience in:
- Database performance tuning and query optimization
- High availability and disaster recovery configurations (e.g., Always On Availability Groups / Distributed AAGs)
- Database development (T-SQL, stored procedures, SSIS)
- ETL processes and large dataset management
- Expertise in backup/recovery best practices, maintenance plans, and disaster recovery testing
- Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash)
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills
Working knowledge with Spotlight for SQL Server, Solarwinds DPA, LiteSpeed for SQL Server are a plus.