Senior Database & Cloud Architecture Lead (Remote)

SitusAMC; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid time off

401K plan

Medical, dental, vision, life, & short

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking a Senior Database Administrator Leader to guide our DBA team and drive best practices across AWS RDS/EC2 implementations. You will ensure high availability, security, and performance while partnering with DevOps and application teams.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years in database administration, strong leadership, and extensive experience with cloud databases. This is a remote, full-time role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Database Administration team.
• Oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of AWS RDS/EC2 databases for high availability.
• Develop and enforce database policies, security and standards.
• Collaborate with project and business teams to align designs with requirements.
• Coordinate with DevOps/SRE on templates and best practices.
• Monitor performance and plan capacity growth.
• Plan and execute database upgrades and migrations.
• Plan and execute backup and recovery strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Database Administration

AWS

SQL

Team mentoring

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS RDS/EC2

SQL Server

MySQL

Database security

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking a Senior Database Administrator Leader to guide our DBA team and drive best practices across AWS RDS/EC2 implementations. You will ensure high availability, security, and performance while partnering with DevOps and application teams.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years in database administration, strong leadership, and extensive experience with cloud databases. This is a remote, full-time role with competitive compensation and benefits.