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Sr. Database Administrator

Masterapp LabsAustin, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 28 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Title: Sr. Database Administrator
Location: Austin, TX, (Hybrid)- 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Fri) required to be onsite
Position Type: Contract
Interview Mode: In-person

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Administer and maintain Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases supporting enterprise applications.
  • Perform database tuning, indexing, and performance optimization to ensure high availability.
  • Migrate data from Oracle databases to Azure SQL and support data conversion activities.
  • Convert Oracle Stored Procedures, Functions, and database objects to Azure SQL.
  • Design, maintain, and optimize logical and physical data models.
  • Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement performance improvements.
  • Execute database installations, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting activities.
  • Manage database security, user access, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
  • Implement data replication, archiving, and database maintenance policies.
  • Support high availability, clustering, and load balancing configurations.
  • Collaborate with development teams in an Agile (Scrum) environment to support application development and deployment.
  • Ensure database integrity, availability, and reliability across production and non-production environments.
II.  CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
10
Required
Database experience
8
Required
Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)
8
Required
Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)
8
Required
Experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning
8
Required
Experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning
8
Required
Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
8
Required
Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
8
Required
Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology – (Scrum, for example)
8
Required
Experience with multi-tier system/application development – (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)
8
Preferred
Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
6
Preferred
Experience with Azure
6
Preferred
Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
3
Preferred
Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git
3
Preferred
Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development
1
Preferred
Azure certification is preferred
1
Preferred
DBA Associate certifications are preferred

Skills

Microservices
Oracle
SQL
SQL Server
ETL
Load Balancing
Scrum
Agile
Azure
Git
Java

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