Security-Cleared Senior Cloud DBA — AWS & SQL Server

Foley; Town of King (WI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud data platforms. You will manage SQL Server and Redshift, design HA/DR, and optimize AWS data warehouse architecture to scale with the business.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Analytics teams to align database solutions with strategic goals, while advancing automation and AI-assisted techniques to reduce manual work and improve operational signals.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing production database environments.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, including performance tuning, indexing, and HA/DR.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data warehouse technologies, including Amazon Redshift.
• Proven experience managing database security, access controls, and permissions in regulated or security-conscious environments.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and curiosity, with experience using automation or AI-enabled tools to improve reliability, monitoring, or efficiency.
• Experience with additional AWS services (RDS, EC2, S3, IAM, monitoring/logging tools).
• Exposure to data engineering pipelines or analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift environments.
• Design and maintain high availability, backup, and disaster recovery strategies meeting SLAs.
• Own and optimize AWS-based data warehouse architecture for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with Data/Analytics teams to support reporting, analytics, and downstream AI use cases.
• Manage database security and access controls, including encryption and auditing.
• Improve reliability through automation, scripting, and proactive monitoring.

Skills

SQL Server

AWS Redshift

Data security

Automation

AI fluency

Performance tuning

HA/DR

Tools

Amazon Redshift

RDS

EC2

S3

Job description

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud data platforms. You will manage SQL Server and Redshift, design HA/DR, and optimize AWS data warehouse architecture to scale with the business.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Analytics teams to align database solutions with strategic goals, while advancing automation and AI-assisted techniques to reduce manual work and improve operational signals.