Remote Senior DBA — Cloud SaaS Data & DR Expert

HHAeXchange; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HHAeXchange is seeking a Sr Database Administrator to lead enterprise SaaS database platforms, ensuring high availability, DR readiness, and data integrity across multi-region deployments.

You will manage SQL Server, Oracle Exadata@AWS, AWS Aurora MySQL, and PostgreSQL, implement automated deployment pipelines, and mentor the team in an Operations-as-Code approach using Terraform and Ansible. Remote role for US-based candidates in EST/CST.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in database administration in enterprise SaaS environments.
• Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, OCI in cloud and on-prem.
• Experience with No-SQL solutions: Redis, Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra.
• Automation/scripting skills: Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible.
• Proven experience with large-scale data migration and zero-downtime upgrades.
• Ability to lead a War Room during outages and collaborate with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain replication models and high-availability deployments.
• Design and maintain primary SQL Server infrastructure for uptime.
• Manage Oracle Exadata@AWS, AWS Aurora MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Ensure data consistency across distributed SaaS and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Design and implement end-to-end disaster recovery strategies.
• Participate in DR exercises and automated failover testing.
• Establish data retention, archiving, and purging policies.
• Implement security measures including TDE, RBAC, and auditing.
• Lead performance tuning and query optimization for high-volume workloads.
• Monitor metrics and resolve resource contention.
• Guide database modernization toward cloud-native or containerized architectures.
• Develop standards for schema design, storage, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish SOPs for database operations and incident escalation.

Skills

DBA experience

Cloud platforms

NoSQL

Automation scripting

Data migration

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Job description

HHAeXchange is seeking a Sr Database Administrator to lead enterprise SaaS database platforms, ensuring high availability, DR readiness, and data integrity across multi-region deployments.

You will manage SQL Server, Oracle Exadata@AWS, AWS Aurora MySQL, and PostgreSQL, implement automated deployment pipelines, and mentor the team in an Operations-as-Code approach using Terraform and Ansible. Remote role for US-based candidates in EST/CST.