Senior Database Administrator
(SQL)

Job Description

We are seeking a remote, full-time Senior Database Administrator with 8+ years of database administration experience. The right candidate will operate in a fast-paced environment contributing to database migrations, upgrades, optimizations, and similar activities. You will also take ownership of database administration within the current architecture.

Our client provides a cloud-based, ERP platform to hundreds of energy industry customers delivering market-leading field service management, field data gathering, transportation, production, accounting, and land software solutions. Backed by private equity, our client accelerates business performance, improves operational efficiency, and reduces costs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead database administration and optimize relational databases (e.g., SQL Server)
  • Support ERP database migrations, upgrades, and performance tuning
  • Conduct database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization for relational and analytical workloads
  • Analyze and recommend performance optimization strategies for single and multi-tenant database environments
  • Assess and recommend VM and disk configurations in cloud platforms like Azure and AWS for optimal performance
  • Assist DevOps team in automating routine database tasks for cloud-hosted and on-premises databases
  • Set up and maintain database replication strategies, including transactional replication for real-time updates and scaling
  • Ensure data availability, consistency, and integrity across ERP systems and analytics platforms
  • Setup alerts and pro-active monitoring for failures and latencies in replications
  • Troubleshoot database issues with internal team and end customers
  • Apply database maintenance best practices

Experience

Required

  • Excellent English communication skills
  • 8+ years of strong experience in database engineering, administration, and production operations in the cloud - specifically MS SQL
  • Hands-on experience with cloud database solutions and infrastructure in Azure and AWS, including optimizing VM and disk configurations for cost and performance
  • Database performance tuning and optimization experience
  • Expertise in high-availability (HA) clusters, read replica management, and transactional replication
  • Proficiency in SQL and one or more programming languages, such as Python / Bash
  • Knowledge of data modeling, quality, security, and governance principles and practices
  • Familiarity with database monitoring and database DevOps tools (e.g., Datadog, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Proven experience working effectively in a vibrant, dynamic startup environment
  • Trustworthy, team-oriented, and transparent

Desired

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Additional Info

  • Enjoy a fun, fast-growing entrepreneurial company, and work with smart and creative people
  • Be part of a highly collaborative learning culture – share knowledge, be inclusive, learn and grow together. Embrace teamwork!
  • Knowing your ideas are heard and matter – think big!
  • Making mistakes is human – lets learn from them – be transparent!
  • We recognize you as an individual – no presumptions or judgment
  • 15 days Paid Time Off (PTO), 1 floating day, 3 sick days, and designated national holidays
  • Start: ASAP

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