Senior Database Admin — Cloud, Security & Modernization

Syngenta Group; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefit Package

401k plan with company match

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Syngenta Group in Durham, NC seeks a Senior Database Administrator to lead enterprise database platforms, cloud-hosted and on-prem, ensuring availability, performance, and security. You will partner with application and cloud teams to define standards, governance, and modernization roadmaps, while mentoring junior DBAs.

The role combines hands-on administration with strategic platform ownership, automation, and cross-functional execution to deliver reliable data services and cost-efficient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 7+ years of experience administering enterprise database platforms in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud database services, including Amazon RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Advanced SQL, database architecture, query execution plan analysis, indexing, partitioning, clustering, performance tuning, replication, backup/recovery, high availability, disaster recovery.
• Experience troubleshooting complex application, database, and infrastructure issues.
• Experience with database monitoring, automation, incident response, change management, and problem management processes.
• Strong scripting, automation, analytical, strategic planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, optimize, secure, and monitor enterprise database platforms (AWS and on-prem).
• Define database strategy, standards, governance, and roadmaps aligned to priorities and compliance.
• Troubleshoot incidents; resolve performance, replication, connectivity, backup, and recovery issues.
• Lead database modernization from assessment to cloud-native migrations.
• Manage data sources, replication, data modeling, and normalization for reliable data flow.
• Maintain security controls, encryption standards, access controls, and auditing.

Skills

Advanced SQL

AWS cloud services

Scripting

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Amazon RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Job description

Syngenta Group in Durham, NC seeks a Senior Database Administrator to lead enterprise database platforms, cloud-hosted and on-prem, ensuring availability, performance, and security. You will partner with application and cloud teams to define standards, governance, and modernization roadmaps, while mentoring junior DBAs.

The role combines hands-on administration with strategic platform ownership, automation, and cross-functional execution to deliver reliable data services and cost-efficient