Senior Database Administrator

A.P. Moller - Maersk; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits above law

Monday to Friday

Fully onsite role

Job summary

Maersk in the United States seeks an experienced Senior DBA to shape, automate, and support complex SQL Server environments—on-premises and cloud. You will lead migrations, automate infrastructure as code, monitor health, and build data pipelines using a mix of technologies.

You will work with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning into CI/CD and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering SQL Server in enterprise environments.
• Solid experience with Grafana and Prometheus for metrics collection, visualization, and alerting.
• Hands-on experience with database migrations and management in Azure and/or AWS cloud environments.
• Extensive ETL/orchestration experience with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, and/or Airflow.
• Deep understanding of backup/recovery strategies, high-availability setups, replication, and performance tuning.
• Strong scripting skills - PowerShell, Bash, T-SQL; experience integrating DBA automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve performance and availability issues.
• Effective written and verbal communication, with an emphasis on documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage SQL Server platforms including availability groups, replication, mirroring, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Plan and execute migrations to Azure and AWS with minimal downtime.
• Build automated infrastructure with Ansible and Terraform for provisioning DB environments.
• Monitor performance using Prometheus and Grafana; create dashboards and alerts.
• Design and operate ETL pipelines with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, and Airflow.
• Automate backups, patching, health checks, and index/statistics maintenance via scripting.
• Troubleshoot deadlocks, hung sessions, bottlenecks, disk I/O, memory/CPU; determine root cause.
• Ensure security: user/role management, encryption at rest/in transit, auditing, compliance.
• Develop runbooks, knowledge base content, playbooks for operations and onboarding.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering to integrate DB provisioning into CI/CD.
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 availability.

Skills

Experience with enterprise SQL Server

Troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

On-call readiness

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Azure

AWS

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

Kafka

Airflow

PowerShell

Bash

T-SQL

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Introduction to Maersk:

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company that is responsible for moving 20% of global trade every year. With a dedicated team of over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we go all the way to connect and simplify global trade, and help our customers grow and thrive. Maersk’s vision is to be the global integrator of logistics, connecting and simplifying customers’ supply chains.

Role Summary

We're looking for an experienced Senior DBA to shape, automate, and support complex SQL Server environments - both on-premises and in the cloud. You’ll lead critical migrations and installations, automate infrastructure as code, monitor system health, and build data pipelines using a variety of technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage Microsoft SQL Server platforms (2008 onwards), including availability groups, replication, mirroring, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Plan and execute database migrations to Azure and AWS, including minimizing downtime and risk during transitions.
• Build and maintain automated infrastructure through Ansible and Terraform, ensuring consistent provisioning and configuration of database environments.
• Monitor database and infrastructure performance using Prometheus and Grafana, establish dashboards and alerts to proactively detect issues.
• Design and operate ETL/data orchestration pipelines using SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, and/or Airflow.
• Automate routine DBA duties such as backups, patching, health checks, and index/statistics maintenance using scripting or orchestration tools.
• Troubleshoot complex issues: deadlocks, hung sessions, performance bottlenecks, disk I/O, memory/CPU issues; root cause and resolution.
• Ensure robust security practices: user/role management, encryption at rest/in transit (TDE, backup encryption), auditing, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, knowledge base content, playbooks, and documentation to support operations and onboarding.
• Serve collaboratively with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning and management into CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for mission-critical systems.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering SQL Server in enterprise environments.
• Solid experience with Grafana and Prometheus for metrics collection, visualization, and alerting.
• Hands-on experience with database migrations and management in Azure and/or AWS cloud environments.
• Extensive ETL/orchestration experience with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, and/or Airflow.
• Deep understanding of backup/recovery strategies, high-availability setups, replication, and performance tuning.
• Strong scripting skills - PowerShell, Bash, T-SQL; experience integrating DBA automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve performance and availability issues.
• Effective written and verbal communication, with an emphasis on documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Preferred (Nice-to-Have)

• Certifications in AWS, Azure, or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, or cloud-native database offerings (e.g., Azure SQL Managed Instance, AWS RDS/Aurora).
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks
• Experience mentoring junior DBAs or developing internal training.
• Proficiency in Ansible and Terraform to manage infrastructure as code.

Our Offer:

• Benefits above law

• Monday to Friday

• Note this is a fully onsite role

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