Senior Database Administrator

International Executive Service Corps; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for a full-time role in the United States. The candidate will lead design, administration, tuning, security, backup, and optimization of enterprise databases across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, with emphasis on high availability and disaster recovery.

Five to eight years of experience and a relevant bachelor's degree are required. The role requires strong skills in SQL tuning, performance optimization, monitoring, and data security,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• Five to eight years of database administration experience across enterprise relational platforms.
• Platform database administration certifications (e.g., MS Azure, Oracle, or PostgreSQL).
• Cloud database specialty certification within 180 days of assignment preferred.
• AWS Database Specialty; ITIL 4 Foundation;CompTIA Security+ are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, administration, tuning, security, backup, and optimization of enterprise database platforms.
• Administer production and non-production environments across relational platforms.
• Perform SQL and index tuning, execution plan analysis, and workload optimization.
• Design high availability and disaster recovery configurations.
• Execute backup, recovery, patching, upgrade, and capacity planning activities.
• Implement database security controls: access management, encryption, auditing, and masking.
• Establish monitoring and alerting; respond to performance and availability incidents.
• Support release activities including schema change management and data migrations.

Skills

SQL tuning

High availability

Disaster recovery

Performance optimization

Monitoring

Security controls

Backup and recovery

Schema change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle Database

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Always On Availability Groups

Oracle Data Guard

pgBackRest

RDR/SSIS/ETL tools

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Amazon RDS

Job description

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.

Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it's a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a Senior Database Administrator for a Full-Time position.

Job Summary

Leads design, administration, tuning, security, backup, and optimization of enterprise database platforms, ensuring secure, high-performance operations across all phases of database management.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer production and non-production database environments across relational platforms.
• Perform SQL and index tuning, execution plan analysis, and workload optimization.
• Design and maintain high availability and disaster recovery configurations.
• Execute backup, recovery, patching, upgrade, and capacity planning activities.
• Implement database security controls: access management, encryption, auditing, and masking.
• Establish monitoring and alerting; respond to and resolve performance and availability incidents.
• Support release activities including schema change management and data migrations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum Experience: Five (5) to eight (8) years of database administration experience across enterprise relational platforms.
• Certifications — Required: Platform database administration certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate, Oracle Database Administrator Certified Professional, or an equivalent PostgreSQL certification).
• Certifications — Obtainable After Hire: Cloud database specialty certification aligned to the hosting environment, within 180 days of assignment.
• Certifications — Preferred: AWS Certified Database - Specialty; CompTIA Security+; ITIL 4 Foundation.
• Required Skills: SQL tuning; high availability and disaster recovery; performance optimization; monitoring; security controls; backup and recovery; schema and change management.
• Preferred Skills: Cloud database services; automation and scripting; large transactional environments; federal sector experience.

Technical Environment

Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, and MySQL; Always On Availability Groups, Oracle Data Guard, and streaming replication; RMAN and pgBackRest; SSIS and native ETL utilities; Redgate, Liquibase, or Flyway schema change management; Amazon RDS and Azure SQL Managed Instance; Transparent Data Encryption and dynamic data masking; SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer and native performance tooling; PowerShell and Python automation.

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Our Profile

We are an IT company with a unique mission-to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them.

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation.

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