Senior Database Administrator: Cloud, DR & Security

University of California; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Berkeley is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to manage enterprise and open-source platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across campus systems.

The role covers HADR design, DR planning, backups, performance tuning, and cloud migrations, with leadership responsibilities and after-hours on-call duties. UC Berkeley offers a dynamic academic environment with strong collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years experience in DBA roles in enterprise-scale environments.
• Proficiency in MSSQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• Strong SQL knowledge for relational databases.
• 4+ years scripting with Bash, PowerShell, Python or similar.
• Leadership and project management skills with clear communication.
• Willingness for after-hours on-call rotations.
• Triage and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to train customers and peers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement HADR solutions across platforms.
• Plan and test disaster recovery to meet RPO and RTO.
• Oversee backups and restoration strategies.
• Tune performance across instance and OS levels.
• Optimize queries, indexes, and statistics.
• Manage security: encryption, masking, IAM, audits.
• Lead cloud migrations and cost optimization.
• Automate infra with IaC and CI/CD integrations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, and analysts.

Skills

SQL expertise

System troubleshooting

On-call support

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related area

Tools

MSSQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

University of California, Berkeley is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to manage enterprise and open-source platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across campus systems.

The role covers HADR design, DR planning, backups, performance tuning, and cloud migrations, with leadership responsibilities and after-hours on-call duties. UC Berkeley offers a dynamic academic environment with strong collaboration.