Senior Database Administrator

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support and modernize a complex enterprise database environment. This role focuses on improving database availability, scalability, automation, and performance across multiple database technologies while partnering closely with application development teams to build reliable, high-performing solutions. This is an opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies, automation, and DevOps practices while helping drive continuous improvements across the database platform. What You’ll Do Design, implement, and support highly available, scalable database environments. Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, and schema improvements. Collaborate with software engineering teams to establish database best practices and improve application performance. Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools. Enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability to proactively identify and resolve issues. Manage database security, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes. Support database deployments through CI/CD pipelines and automated release processes. Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the database platform. Participate in an on-call rotation while contributing to initiatives that reduce operational support needs through automation. Required Qualifications 5+ years of experience in database administration, database engineering, or site reliability engineering. Strong experience administering enterprise database platforms such as SQL Server, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and cloud-hosted SQL databases. Experience supporting high-volume, mission-critical production environments. Hands‑on experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, or Kubernetes. Proficiency with scripting languages including Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Experience implementing database monitoring, logging, and observability solutions. Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably Microsoft Azure, including managed database services. Expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing strategies. Experience supporting DevOps methodologies and CI/CD processes for database deployments. Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across infrastructure and development teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience with containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes. Familiarity with enterprise monitoring platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog. Relevant database or cloud certifications. Experience supporting geographically distributed or multi-region database environments. #J-18808-Ljbffr