Quick Overview
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Linthicum Heights, MD, United States
Posted
16 hours ago
SQLSQL ServerAWSEncryptionCloudFormationPostgreSQL
Job Description
Senior Database Administrator
Location: Linthicum Heights, MD
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Number of Positions: 2
Location: Linthicum Heights, MD
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Number of Positions: 2
Position Overview:
The Senior Database Administrator will manage, secure, monitor, and optimize databases supporting a shared enterprise platform. The role focuses on database performance, availability, scalability, backup and recovery, security, and operational reliability within AWS cloud environments.
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.
Preferred Experience:
- Databases supporting shared enterprise platforms and multiple applications.
- AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, and AWS networking/security services.
- Database automation, infrastructure as code, scripting, and change management.
- Database migration, replication, performance benchmarking, and cost optimization.
- Enterprise or regulated environments with established security and operational controls.
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