Database Administrator

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Database Administrator (DBA) with 5+ years of hands-on experience managing mission-critical databases in dynamic environments. You will play a key role in ensuring database performance, availability, security, and scalability. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in both relational and non-relational databases, strong analytical skills, and a proactive mindset toward automation, monitoring, and optimization.

You should bring a can-do attitude, great communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively in a global team environment.

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the teammate occupying this position. The selected candidate may perform other related duties assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize production and development database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, etc.)
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness using replication, backups, clustering, and failover strategies
• Design and implement database schemas, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and performance tuning
• Monitor database performance and proactively identify issues before they impact production
• Manage access controls, roles, and encryption in line with security best practices and compliance standards
• Work closely with DevOps, Engineering, and Application teams to support CI/CD and automate database provisioning and deployments
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for database-related issues
• Maintain documentation, including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and backup or recovery procedures
• Communicate clearly and effectively with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones

Required:
• 5+ years of hands-on DBA experience in production environments
• Strong proficiency in SQL and performance tuning
• Experience with at least two major database platforms (e.g., PostgreSQL + MySQL or SQL Server + MongoDB)
• Knowledge of data warehousing or big data tools (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake, Hadoop)
• Experience with backup, restore, and recovery models and tools
• Familiarity with database monitoring tools and observability stacks
• Understanding of high availability, replication, and disaster recovery architectures
• Hands-on experience with cloud database services (AWS RDS or Aurora, GCP Cloud SQL, or Azure SQL)
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Solid understanding of database security, encryption, and access control models
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven experience working in a global or distributed team
• Self-starter mindset with a positive, can-do attitude

Preferred:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Database Specialty or Microsoft Certified DBA