Remote Head of Database Administration

SitusAMC Holdings Corp.; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K

Job summary

SitusAMC Holdings Corp. is seeking a senior Database Administrator leader to guide the DBA team and oversee AWS RDS/EC2 databases, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

You will drive modernization, collaborate with development teams, and mentor staff across cloud-based database environments. The role requires extensive experience in database design, performance tuning, and backup/recovery, with strong leadership and communication skills to manage multiple projects in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 12+ years’ experience in database administration; 2+ years in VP level or equivalent.
• 5+ years’ experience in leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Database Administration team.
• Oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of AWS RDS/EC2 databases for availability and performance.
• Develop and enforce database policies, procedures, and security standards.
• Collaborate with project/business teams to ensure designs meet requirements.
• Support application development, testing, deployment, and daily operations.
• Lead problem resolution and communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
• Drive database modernization aligning with best practices.
• Work with DevOps/SRE on templates and best practices.
• Monitor performance and optimize capacity planning.
• Plan upgrades and migrations; manage backups and recovery.

Skills

AWS RDS

AWS EC2

SQL/TSQL

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

Mentoring staff

Vendor management

Database security

Backup & recovery

Multi-node cluster

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS RDS

EC2

SQL Server

MySQL Server

Job description

SitusAMC Holdings Corp. is seeking a senior Database Administrator leader to guide the DBA team and oversee AWS RDS/EC2 databases, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

You will drive modernization, collaborate with development teams, and mentor staff across cloud-based database environments. The role requires extensive experience in database design, performance tuning, and backup/recovery, with strong leadership and communication skills to manage multiple projects in a