Senior Database Administrator

Priority-Technology-Holdings,-LL; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

HSA and FSA options

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Mental health support (Lyra Health)

Family planning and women’s health (Ch

Gym membership reimbursement

Job summary

Priority Commerce is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to ensure the stability, performance, and security of SQL Server and MySQL environments across on‑prem and AWS. You will own day‑to‑day health, monitoring, incident response, and work with Cloud Engineering and Product teams to drive reliability and scale.

The role requires 6+ years of production SQL Server experience, on‑call availability, and strong analytical and collaboration skills to balance real‑time needs with long‑term

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 6+ years of experience supporting SQL Server databases in production.
• Strong in monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery configurations.
• Ability to analyze logs, execution plans, and performance metrics.
• Experience deploying database objects across environments and managing them.
• Willingness to participate in 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Strong root-cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end health, reliability, and performance of database environments.
• Review backups, maintenance, and health reports to meet SLAs.
• Respond to alerts and escalations as L3, driving root-cause actions.
• Lead performance tuning, including query optimization and index strategy.
• Collaborate with Database Engineering to assess trends and risks.
• Work with Cloud Engineering and App Development to enable scalable deployments.
• Define and enforce database security standards with stakeholders.
• Deploy and manage database objects across environments.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation and provide L1–L3 support.
• Contribute to resiliency and transparency initiatives.

Skills

Database monitoring

Performance tuning

High availability

Disaster recovery configurations

Execution plans analysis

Multi-environment deployment

24/7 on-call

Root-cause analysis

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / Business Administration or related field

Tools

SQL Server

MySQL

AWS CloudWatch

NoSQL platforms

Idera

SolarWinds

Datadog

Splunk

Job description

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Senior Database Administrator

Full Time Professional Remote, US

17 days ago Requisition ID: 2090

Job title: Sr SQL Server DBA

Reports to: Manager, Database Administration

Department: IT Cloud

Location: Remote

Grade: 18

About Priority Commerce:

Priority Commerce is a leading financial technology company on a mission to deliver a personalized, easy-to-adopt financial toolset that accelerates cash flow and optimizes working capital for businesses. Our vision is to eliminate the barriers to unlocking revenue - empowering businesses to grow faster and operate smarter.

We achieve this through the Priority Commerce Engine, an innovative platform that combines payables, acquiring, and banking and treasury solutions. This unified approach allows businesses to streamline financial operations, reduce unnecessary costs, and uncover new revenue opportunities.

At Priority Commerce, we're driven by results. We expect our people to be known for results - bringing expertise, momentum, and relentless focus to every challenge, helping our clients and each other thrive.

About the Role:

The Senior Database Administrator plays a critical role in ensuring the stability, performance, and security of Priority’s mission‑critical database environments across SQL Server and MySQL platforms, both on‑premises and in AWS. This role owns day‑to‑day database health, monitoring, and incident response while driving continuous improvements to reliability, availability, and performance. You will partner closely with Cloud Engineering, Application Development, and Product teams to support revenue‑impacting systems, balance real‑time operational demands with long‑term resiliency planning, and act as a trusted advisor on database‑related decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Owns the end‑to‑end health, reliability, and performance of database environments through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and observability.
• Reviews database backups, maintenance activities, and health reports to ensure issues are identified and resolved within defined SLAs.
• Responds to database alerts and escalations, serving as an L3 escalation point and driving root‑cause analysis and long‑term corrective actions.
• Leads database performance tuning initiatives, including query optimization, index strategy, and workload‑specific configuration improvements.
• Partners with Database Engineering to assess database performance trends and identify systemic risks or improvement opportunities.
• Collaborates with Cloud Engineering and Application Development teams to support scalable deployments and performance optimization.
• Defines and enforces database security standards in partnership with engineering and security stakeholders.
• Deploys and manages database objects (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, packages) across multiple environments.
• Participates in a 24/7 on‑call rotation and provides L1–L3 support as required.
• Contributes to planning and execution of initiatives that enhance database resiliency, availability, and operational transparency.

What Success Looks Like:

Database environments demonstrate strong uptime, predictable performance, and reduced incident volume.

Core responsibilities are executed with accuracy, efficiency, and clear ownership.

Stakeholders rely on this role for timely guidance, sound judgment, and dependable execution on database‑related matters.

Incidents are resolved quickly with clear root‑cause analysis and preventative measures implemented.

Other teams are able to focus on product and business priorities due to stable, well‑managed database platforms.

You are viewed as a trusted partner who balances immediate operational needs with long‑term system integrity and improvement.

Candidate Requirements:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience supporting SQL Server databases in a production environment.
• Strong expertise in database monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting high‑availability and disaster recovery configurations.
• Proficiency in analyzing database logs, execution plans, and performance metrics.
• Experience deploying and managing database objects across multiple environments.
• Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation.
• Strong root‑cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting databases in AWS environments (RDS, Aurora, CloudWatch monitoring).
• Experience with very large databases (VLDB > 1TB).
• Familiarity with automation and scripting (T‑SQL, PowerShell, CLI).
• Exposure to NoSQL platforms.
• Experience with third‑party monitoring and performance tools (e.g., Idera, SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk).

We believe that performance and experience go hand in hand - an exceptional employee experience is earned through contribution . We are a results‑driven team, grounded in our core values: ownership, authenticity, service, trust, innovation, and camaraderie.

Our culture is built for those who want to make an impact. We challenge each other to grow, celebrate progress, and support one another through shared goals and real connection. Whether you're building technology, serving clients, or supporting internal teams, you’ll be part of a company that empowers you to perform at your best and be known for results.

Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation range: $125,000 - $150,000

We invest in the whole employee - personally and professionally. Our benefits package is designed to support your well-being, growth, and success - both inside and outside of work.

• 401(k) match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• HSA and FSA options
• Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health
• Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot
• Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga)

Time Off

3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one

Growth & Development

Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support

We believe great performance starts with feeling supported - and we’ve built our benefits with that in mind.

Traditional Physical Requirements:

• Requires prolonged sitting, standing, bending, stooping and stretching.
• Requires the ability to lift 10 pounds.
• Requires eye‑hand coordination, manual dexterity and a normal range of hearing and vision (with or without correction).

Join our team at Priority Commerce and be part of a dynamic and innovative company that is transforming the financial technology landscape. Together, we can shape the future of payments and banking solutions while providing unmatched value to our clients.