Remote Senior DBA Leader – AWS RDS/EC2 Expert

SitusAMC Holdings Corp.; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid holidays

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401K

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administration leader to oversee AWS RDS and EC2 databases, ensuring availability, performance, and security. You will guide the team, set strategic direction, and collaborate with DevOps and development teams on database modernization and best practices.

The role requires extensive DBA leadership, cloud infra experience, and a focus on data security, backups, and capacity planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• Minimum 12 years in database administration, with ~2 years in VP-level role.
• 5+ years in leadership roles.
• 3-5 years with Amazon RDS and EC2 databases.
• Strong knowledge of database design, performance tuning, and optimization.
• Experience partnering with developers to optimize database environments.
• Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty) a plus.
• Experience with SQL and MySQL in multi-node clusters.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Database Administration team.
• Oversee AWS RDS/EC2 databases for high availability and performance.
• Develop and enforce database policies, security, and integrity.
• Collaborate with project and business teams to meet requirements.
• Support application development, testing, and deployment with DB expertise.
• Troubleshoot issues and communicate resolutions to stakeholders.
• Drive database modernization aligned with industry best practices.
• Plan upgrades, migrations, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate new DB technologies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

AWS

RDS

EC2

SQL

Database design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Amazon RDS

EC2

SQL Server

MySQL Server

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administration leader to oversee AWS RDS and EC2 databases, ensuring availability, performance, and security. You will guide the team, set strategic direction, and collaborate with DevOps and development teams on database modernization and best practices.

The role requires extensive DBA leadership, cloud infra experience, and a focus on data security, backups, and capacity planning.