Remote Senior Database Administration Lead

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

Job summary

SitusAMC Holdings Corp. is seeking a senior database leader to manage the Database Administration team, drive design, and ensure high availability of AWS RDS/EC2 databases for our real estate finance platforms.

This remote, full-time role requires strong leadership and deep SQL expertise. You will mentor staff, oversee upgrades and migrations, enforce security and BYOK practices, and collaborate with DevOps and development teams to optimize performance and reliability across multi-node

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT; Master’s degree preferred.
• 12+ years of database administration experience, with 2+ years in a VP-level or equivalent.
• 5+ years in a leadership role.
• 3–5 years with Amazon RDS and EC2 databases.
• Strong knowledge of database design, performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience partnering with developers to optimize environments from ideation to implementation.
• Extensive SQL experience and proficiency with DB management tools.
• 3–5 years of cloud infrastructure experience, especially AWS.
• Certifications like AWS Certified Database are a plus.
• Experience with SQL and MySQL Server in multi-node clusters.
• Knowledge of data backup, recovery, security and integrity.
• Excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Mentor, train and lead staff; strong team orientation.
• Ability to support planned and unplanned events.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Database Administration team.
• Oversee design and maintenance of AWS RDS/EC2 databases for availability and performance.
• Develop and enforce database policies and security standards.
• Collaborate with project and business teams to align designs with requirements.
• Support application development, testing, deployment, and day-to-day DB support.
• Communicate resolutions clearly to stakeholders.
• Lead database modernization to align with best practices.
• Work with DevOps/SRE on templates and best practices.
• Monitor performance and optimize databases.
• Plan capacity and growth management.
• Plan and execute database upgrades and migrations.
• Plan and execute backups and recovery strategies.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate new DB technologies.
• Other tasks as assigned by manager.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Mentoring

Project management

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS RDS

AWS EC2

SQL

MySQL

T-SQL

Database security

BYOK encryption

Job description

SitusAMC Holdings Corp. is seeking a senior database leader to manage the Database Administration team, drive design, and ensure high availability of AWS RDS/EC2 databases for our real estate finance platforms.

This remote, full-time role requires strong leadership and deep SQL expertise. You will mentor staff, oversee upgrades and migrations, enforce security and BYOK practices, and collaborate with DevOps and development teams to optimize performance and reliability across multi-node