Senior Cloud Database Leader (Remote)

SitusAMC Holdings Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision, life, and 401

Job summary

SitusAMC Holdings Corp. is seeking a senior Manager Database Administrator to lead our Database Administration team, ensuring availability, performance, and security of AWS RDS and EC2 databases across our environment.

This role combines hands-on leadership with strategic direction. You will drive database modernization, enforce policies, work with DevOps/SRE, and mentor staff while coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet product needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT; Master’s preferred.
• 12+ years in database administration with 2+ years in a VP-level role.
• 5+ years leadership experience and AWS RDS/EC2 expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Database Administration team.
• Oversee AWS RDS/EC2 databases for high availability and performance.
• Develop and enforce database policies and security standards.
• Collaborate with project and business teams to meet requirements.
• Support application development and day-to-day operations.
• Mentor staff and drive database modernization efforts.
• Plan upgrades, migrations, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Coordinate with DevOps/SRE on templates and best practices.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate new DB technologies.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Mentoring

SQL & database design

Performance tuning

Security & BYOK

Vendor management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS RDS

AWS EC2

MySQL

SQL Server

BYOK encryption

Database security

Job description

SitusAMC Holdings Corp. is seeking a senior Manager Database Administrator to lead our Database Administration team, ensuring availability, performance, and security of AWS RDS and EC2 databases across our environment.

This role combines hands-on leadership with strategic direction. You will drive database modernization, enforce policies, work with DevOps/SRE, and mentor staff while coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet product needs.