Senior Database Administrator

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Database Administrator to drive proactive architectural decisions and optimize database management for mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of database administration for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native databases
• Partner with BI, Data Engineering, and Enterprise App teams to ensure scalable and standardized database usage
• Lead performance tuning, index optimization, and capacity planning initiatives

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on database administration experience across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or equivalent platforms
• Strong background in performance tuning, capacity planning, and query optimization
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with data, BI, and application engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to standardize, document, and scale database management practices