Senior Cloud DBA – AWS/SQL Server | Remote, Security Clearance

Foley; Orangeburg (SC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; 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 support our AWS data warehouse environment and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Analytics to scale data systems securely as the business grows.

You will lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift, design HA/DR strategies, and drive automation to reduce manual work while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing production database environments.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, including performance tuning, indexing, and HA/DR.
• 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 AWS data warehouse technologies, including Amazon Redshift.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift environments.
• Design and maintain high availability, backup, and disaster recovery strategies that meet business SLAs.
• Own and optimize our AWS-based data warehouse architecture for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with Data and Analytics teams to support reporting, analytics, and downstream AI use cases.
• Communicate database risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

SQL Server expertise

AWS Redshift

Database security

Automation scripting

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

AWS data warehouse technologies

RDS

EC2

S3

IAM

Job description

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud data platforms. You will support our AWS data warehouse environment and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Analytics to scale data systems securely as the business grows.

You will lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift, design HA/DR strategies, and drive automation to reduce manual work while maintaining strong