Senior Database Architect – AWS Redshift & SQL Expert

Foley; Arizona; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for our primarily remote US-based role, aligned to EST hours with occasional on-site visits. You will own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud data platforms, especially the AWS data warehouse, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and business leaders to scale data systems securely.

You will lead redundancy, security controls, and cost-efficient DW operations while driving automation and AI-enabled

Qualifications

• 7+ years managing production database environments.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, including performance tuning, indexing, and HA/DR.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data warehouse technologies, including Amazon Redshift.
• Proven experience managing database security, access controls, and permissions in regulated environments.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and curiosity, with experience using automation or AI-enabled tools to improve reliability, monitoring, or efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Own database reliability, performance, and availability.
• Lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of SQL Server and Redshift environments.
• Design and maintain HA, backup, and disaster recovery strategies meeting SLAs.
• Own and optimize AWS-based data warehouse architecture for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with Data and Analytics teams to support reporting, analytics, and downstream AI use cases.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Analytics teams to align database solutions with product and business needs.
• Improve reliability through automation, scripting, and proactive monitoring.
• Leverage AI-assisted capabilities to reduce manual work and improve operational signal.
• Use AI to maintain, scale, and improve DBA operations and architecture.

Skills

7+ years exp

MS SQL Server

AWS Redshift

DB security

AI fluency

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

AWS data warehouse tools

Job description

Foley is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for our primarily remote US-based role, aligned to EST hours with occasional on-site visits. You will own the reliability, security, and performance of our cloud data platforms, especially the AWS data warehouse, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and business leaders to scale data systems securely.

You will lead redundancy, security controls, and cost-efficient DW operations while driving automation and AI-enabled