Sr Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator
Location:   MD / Onsite

Key Requirements:
5+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator, including AWS cloud database administration.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition, and Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
Strong AWS knowledge, including networking, security, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
Strong Windows Server administration and troubleshooting skills.
Proficiency in SQL, query optimization, indexing, execution plan analysis, and database performance tuning.
Experience with database backup and recovery, replication, high availability, disaster recovery, patching, and upgrades.
Strong understanding of database security, access management, encryption, auditing, data modeling, governance, and data integrity.
Experience with database monitoring, incident resolution, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
Experience managing schema changes, database upgrades, configuration changes, and releases while maintaining application compatibility.
Experience collaborating with data architects and application developers on database design, data modeling, integration, and performance improvements.
Strong communication, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.