Senior Database Administrator - AWS & Performance Tuning

Jobtailor; Rockville, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Rockville, MD seeks an experienced database administrator to design, implement, and administer SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL environments, with a focus on security, performance, and reliability.

Responsibilities include AWS RDS provisioning and monitoring, patching, backup/recovery, ETL support, PowerShell automation, and advising development teams on best practices, while maintaining documentation and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of IT-related experience or equivalent.
• Hands-on administration of SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience administering AWS databases, including provisioning and monitoring.
• Experience with database patching, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
• PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
• Understanding of relational database architecture.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
• Experience with GitHub or comparable Git-based version control.
• Experience with application teams and stakeholders.
• Local candidates strongly preferred.
• Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified, or comparable database certification (preferred).
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (preferred).
• Experience with Amazon RDS (preferred).
• Experience supporting production systems under service levels and change control processes (preferred).
• Experience with database migrations to AWS (preferred).
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for maintenance windows and production needs (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and administer databases, including security, access control, and documentation
• Administer SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL databases
• Perform database performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching, and troubleshooting
• Provision, manage, and monitor AWS databases, particularly Amazon RDS
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts and automation for database administration, patching, and configuration
• Design database access methods, batch processes, validation checks, ETL tasks, security controls, and statistical methods
• Prepare system requirements, source analysis, and process analyses during database implementation
• Define database organization, standards, controls, procedures, and documentation
• Provide technical input into database environment design and creation
• Advise application development staff and users on database solutions, capabilities, operation, and tuning
• Coordinate database maintenance windows with minimal production disruption
• Optimize EC2 instance sizing, EBS volume type and IOPS, and database workload storage and compute
• Maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery configurations and participate in restore testing
• Maintain current knowledge of database technology

Skills

Database Administration

SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

AWS Database Management

Backup and Recovery

Performance Tuning

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

PowerShell Scripting

GitHub

Amazon RDS

AWS EC2

ETL Tools

Job description

Jobtailor in Rockville, MD seeks an experienced database administrator to design, implement, and administer SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL environments, with a focus on security, performance, and reliability.

Responsibilities include AWS RDS provisioning and monitoring, patching, backup/recovery, ETL support, PowerShell automation, and advising development teams on best practices, while maintaining documentation and compliance.