Senior Cloud Database Administrator — Remote

University of Texas; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 94,500 - 115,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health benefits

Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

The University of Texas is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to improve outcomes through effective data management. You will support cloud database infrastructure primarily across PostgreSQL, AWS, and Databricks while ensuring top performance and compliance with security standards.

This role offers flexible remote work arrangements, a supportive team environment, and competitive benefits, including health coverage and tuition assistance. The position demands expertise in database design and management, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work across teams.

Qualifications

• 4-10 years of professional experience in a DBA role with PostgreSQL or similar databases.
• Experience in SQL scripting and database tuning.
• Strong aptitude for troubleshooting and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all day-to-day operations of PostgreSQL databases in a 24x7 production environment.
• Define database architectures to meet application performance and security requirements.
• Develop, implement and improve backup and disaster recovery strategies.

Skills

PostgreSQL

SQL scripting

Database design

AWS

Databricks

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

CloudWatch

Job description

The University of Texas is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to improve outcomes through effective data management. You will support cloud database infrastructure primarily across PostgreSQL, AWS, and Databricks while ensuring top performance and compliance with security standards.

This role offers flexible remote work arrangements, a supportive team environment, and competitive benefits, including health coverage and tuition assistance. The position demands expertise in database design and management, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work across teams.