Principal DBA & Cloud Architect (MySQL/Oracle)

Relx Plc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Principal/Consulting DBA to lead strategic database initiatives across cloud-first and hybrid environments. You will blend deep MySQL and Oracle expertise with cloud architecture, automation, and consulting skills to improve reliability, security, and performance in enterprise settings.

You will guide modernization, enterprise migrations, and set standards for code and automation, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with SRE, security, and

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of MySQL administration, replication, backup and recovery, high availability, security, and performance tuning.
• Strong hands-on Oracle Database expertise, including RMAN, Data Guard, RAC or equivalent HA architectures, backup and recovery, tuning, security, and upgrades.
• Proven experience designing and operating highly available, enterprise-scale database platforms and leading modernization or cloud migration engagements.
• Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, and networking knowledge (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls, SSL/TLS, virtual networking).
• Proficiency in production-quality code/automation using Python, Go, Java, C#, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with cloud databases, preferably Azure, and Azure-native HA/DR.
• Deep understanding of SRE and AI-assisted engineering tools like GitHub Copilot; ability to establish standards for reviewing AI output.
• Excellent consulting, communication, and technical leadership skills; familiarity with Kubernetes and AI/agent workflows.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a principal technical consultant, designing, administering, optimizing, and modernizing enterprise MySQL and Oracle Database platforms.
• Assess environments for reliability, performance, security, and modernization opportunities; define strategic roadmaps.
• Architect and implement replication, clustering, backup/recovery, high availability, DR, and BC solutions.
• Lead migrations to cloud-native architectures and managed database services.
• Develop and review standards for production-quality code and automation (provisioning, deployments, upgrades, monitoring, compliance, operations).
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices using Terraform, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Establish and mature SRE practices, including SLOs, observability, incident response, and blameless postmortems.
• Champion AI-assisted coding standards with Copilot tools and secure practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, SRE, security, networking to deliver resilient platforms while mentoring teams.

Skills

Linux

Networking

Troubleshooting

Python

Go

Java

C#

PowerShell

Bash

Terraform

GitHub

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Azure

AI-assisted coding standards

SRE principles

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field

Tools

MySQL

Oracle Database

RMAN

Data Guard

RAC

Azure managed database services

Job description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Principal/Consulting DBA to lead strategic database initiatives across cloud-first and hybrid environments. You will blend deep MySQL and Oracle expertise with cloud architecture, automation, and consulting skills to improve reliability, security, and performance in enterprise settings.

You will guide modernization, enterprise migrations, and set standards for code and automation, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with SRE, security, and