Google Cloud Database Administrator

Eversana; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EVERSANA seeks a seasoned Database Administrator to design, implement, and support cloud-based database solutions with focus on Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery. You will ensure performance, security, and data integrity across enterprise systems, collaborating with BI teams and developers.

Responsibilities include monitoring, backups, automation, and advising on database design within an Agile environment. On-call support and cross-team collaboration are expected in this role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in database administration in a cloud-based enterprise environment.
• Experience administering and implementing database solutions in cloud contexts (GCP preferred).
• Strong troubleshooting, monitoring, and performance tuning for relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Administrate and implement database solutions while providing system operational support.
• Monitor performance, capacity, and ensure security and data integrity.
• Manage backups, automation, and on-call support.
• Develop and optimize Google BigQuery datasets and workflows for reporting and analytics.

Skills

Database administration

Cloud computing

SQL tuning

Agile/SCRUM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Cloud SQL

Cloud Storage

Cloud Monitoring

Cloud Logging

Dataflow

Dataproc

Looker

Tableau

SQL Server Management Studio

Visual Studio Code

Git

CI/CD

PowerShell

Python

Job description

At EVERSANA, we are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work across the globe. We're fueled by our vision to create a healthier world. How? Our global team of more than 7,000 employees is committed to creating and delivering next-generation commercialization services to the life sciences industry. We are grounded in our cultural beliefs and serve more than 650 clients ranging from innovative biotech start-ups to established pharmaceutical companies. Our products, services and solutions help bring innovative therapies to market and support the patients who depend on them. Our jobs, skills and talents are unique, but together we make an impact every day. Join us!

Across our growing organization, we embrace diversity in backgrounds and experiences. Improving patient lives around the world is a priority, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of the healthcare and the life sciences industry. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that embraces our cultural beliefs. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture we are building. We look for team members that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but also who care deeply about EVERSANA, our people, clients and most importantly, the patients we serve. We are EVERSANA.

Job Description

On a day-to-day basis, this individual will be responsible for administrating and implementing database solutions while providing system operational support, administration, problem resolution, and perform software installations and upgrades on our database systems concentrating on Google Cloud Platform and other cloud-based solutions (up to 30%). The Database Administrator will be expected to exhibit strong troubleshooting techniques while striving to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. Other duties also include monitoring performance and capacity on our database systems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Responsibility for all enterprise database technology deployed in the cloud including various versions of Microsoft SQL Server and other database platforms including features such as the core database engine, reporting, data loading and transformations, business intelligence, replication technologies and other modules. Perform configuration and maintenance of database platforms, including patching.
• Monitor database instances for performance, utilization, and capacity. Work with application teams when appropriate to address issues.
• Manage maintenance plans, backups, and automated jobs.
• Responsible for the database platform security model, including using Active Directory-integrated accounts in a multi-forest environment where appropriate.
• Responsible for query writing and optimization.
• Develop, administer, and optimize Google BigQuery datasets, tables, views, partitioning, clustering, permissions, scheduled queries, and data pipelines to support reporting, analytics, and operational workloads.
• Responsible for advising report writers and their deployment in various reporting solutions or writing reports when needed.
• Support BigQuery SQL development, performance tuning, cost optimization, data governance, access controls, and integration with Google Cloud services, business intelligence tools, and enterprise data platforms.
• Use typical database, cloud, monitoring, and DevOps tools such as Google Cloud Console, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Dataflow, Dataproc, Looker, Tableau, SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio Code, Git, CI/CD release tools, PowerShell, Python, and ticketing or incident management platforms.
• Apply experience with AI agents and automation tools to improve database operations, including monitoring, incident triage, knowledge retrieval, documentation generation, operational workflows, and data-driven self-service capabilities.
• Responsible for performing traces and profiling to analyze and troubleshoot problems.
• Determine the best way to improve performance, whether through hardware adjustments, server configuration changes, or index and query changes.
• Understanding of software development methodologies, software development lifecycle management, and working in an Agile/SCRUM environment with software development teams, providing consultative advice on database design and query optimization, including indexes.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools for managing releases.
• Familiarity with code repository tools for managing SQL objects as code with version control.
• On-call support for after-hours issues required. Leverage automated alerting to be notified of issues as they happen. Tune alerts to reduce noise.
• Responds to incoming phone, email, or web-reported technical issues from internal users related to network and infrastructure, and assists in troubleshooting database issues as well as application issues for which the database may be a contributing factor.
• Identifies severity and impact and documents details in the Help Desk call tracking system.
• Performs database monitoring to ensure service level agreements are met and alerts appropriate IT staff and management of any downtime.
• Works in partnership with all IT teams to find solutions, and/or escalates issues to appropriate IT groups for resolution.
• Communicates status and updates to end users in a timely and consistent manner.
• Sets priorities for open issues and escalates issues to the correct department for resolution.
• Follows through with closure of user issues.
• Recreates problems in development environments for troubleshooting and resolution when needed.
• Creates and documents workarounds.
• Assist in training.

Qualifications

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• 7+ years of experience in database administration in a cloud-based enterprise environment, preferably