Senior Cloud DBA (Security-Cleared) – AWS Data Warehouse

Foley; Athens (GA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; 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 lead administration of SQL Server and Redshift in AWS, design HA/DR strategies, and partner with Engineering, Product, Infra, and Analytics to support scalable data solutions.

This role emphasizes automation, AI-enabled tooling, and cross-functional collaboration. Ideal candidates have 7+ years managing production databases, deep SQL Server expertise, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing production database environments.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft SQL Server performance tuning, indexing, and HA/DR.
• Strong hands-on AWS data warehouse experience, including Amazon Redshift.
• Experience with database security, access controls, and permissions in regulated environments.
• Demonstrated AI fluency with automation or AI-enabled tools to improve reliability or efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift.
• Design, implement, and maintain high availability, backup, and disaster recovery strategies meeting SLAs.
• Own and optimize the AWS-based data warehouse architecture for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with Data, Analytics, and Infra teams to support reporting and AI use cases.
• Ensure database security across platforms, including access controls, encryption, and auditing.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Analytics teams to align database solutions with business needs.
• Drive reliability through automation, scripting, and proactive monitoring using AI-enabled tools.

Skills

SQL Server

AWS Redshift

Database security

Automation

AI fluency

Production databases management

Remote work readiness

Tools

Amazon Redshift

RDS

EC2

S3

IAM

Monitoring/Logging tools

Job description

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud-based data platforms. You will lead administration of SQL Server and Redshift in AWS, design HA/DR strategies, and partner with Engineering, Product, Infra, and Analytics to support scalable data solutions.

This role emphasizes automation, AI-enabled tooling, and cross-functional collaboration. Ideal candidates have 7+ years managing production databases, deep SQL Server expertise, and