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Senior Database Administrator

Remote$150K–$165K/yearPosted today

The Senior Database Administrator will work closely with the Engineering, Architecture, and Operations teams building and supporting mission-critical database systems during a digital transformation journey. The role involves defining and supporting database systems across cloud and data centers, focusing on automation, high availability, and best practices.

Location: Remote

Salary: $150K–$165K/year

Responsibilities

Partner with Application Development teams to provide guidance, troubleshooting, and optimization for in-house applications
Respond to database support requests, monitor database availability, perform backups, manage user access, participate in failover testing
Document the database environment, create data dictionaries, and data mappings
Review DDL and application code related to databases
Make design suggestions based on programming languages like Python, Java, etc.
Support and assist teams with database definition, structure, security, and operational guidelines
Design and implement new database-dependent applications with minimal downtime
Troubleshoot and resolve issues across database and application tiers
Analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time
Work with support teams to proactively resolve issues
Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation

Requirements

10+ years of Oracle database administration experience in mission-critical 24x7 environments
Software development experience with Java, React, Typescript, Python, Node, Go, or similar
Experience with full database lifecycle management: upgrades, patching, cloning, backups, recovery
Experience creating and maintaining enterprise data dictionaries
Experience with ETL processes
Understanding of Unix operating systems