Senior Cloud DBA: AWS Redshift & SQL Server (Remote EST)

Foley; Alton (IL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Wellness programs

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud-based data platforms. You will oversee SQL Server and Redshift, design HA/DR, and optimize our AWS data warehouse while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Analytics to scale data capabilities.

You will collaborate with Security and Infrastructure to ensure compliance and implement automation for proactive monitoring and efficiency.

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.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and curiosity, with experience using automation or AI-enabled tools to improve reliability, monitoring, or efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability, performance, and availability of our databases.
• Lead admin, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift.
• Design HA, backup, and disaster recovery strategies meeting SLAs.
• Own and optimize our AWS-based data warehouse architecture for performance and cost.
• Collaborate with Data and Analytics teams to support reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.
• Maintain database security, access controls, encryption, and auditing across platforms.
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Infra, Engineering, and Analytics teams to align solutions with business needs.
• Drive automation and proactive monitoring to improve reliability and efficiency.

Skills

7+ years of experience managing prodDB

Microsoft SQL Server

AWS data warehouse technologies

Amazon Redshift

AI fluency and curiosity

Tools

Amazon Redshift tooling

RDS

EC2

S3

IAM

Job description

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud-based data platforms. You will oversee SQL Server and Redshift, design HA/DR, and optimize our AWS data warehouse while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Analytics to scale data capabilities.

You will collaborate with Security and Infrastructure to ensure compliance and implement automation for proactive monitoring and efficiency.