Senior Database Engineer: Cloud & On-Prem Ops

Kavaliro; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavaliro is seeking a Database Administrator to oversee the organization’s database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. You will ensure availability, performance, security, and reliability for SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, and InfluxDB, while managing backups, monitoring, patching, and releases.

Collaboration with application, infra, and BI teams is essential. Responsibilities include optimization, security, and lifecycle management, plus supporting DevOps efforts with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related experience.
• Experience administering SQL Server in on-premises environments.
• Experience with SQL Server Managed Instance and Azure SQL.
• Experience administering Azure Managed PostgreSQL environments.
• Experience with backup, recovery, restore and high availability.
• Experience with performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with database security, permissions, and access controls.
• Experience with database change management, schema updates, and release activities.
• Experience using Flyway for migrations.
• Experience deploying automation with GitHub Actions; Jenkins preferred.
• Experience supporting on-premises and cloud databases.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to support business needs.
• Experience with Snowflake and cloud data platforms is preferred.
• Experience with privileged access management tools like Delinea.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain database platforms across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Ensure database availability, reliability, and operational stability for production systems.
• Manage performance and capacity to support current operations and growth.
• Own backup, recovery, and restoration responsibilities.
• Monitor database health and address issues affecting uptime, security, or access.
• Implement and support database changes, releases, and migrations.
• Maintain database security and access controls per standards.
• Support patching, maintenance, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with app, infra, and BI teams to support deployments.
• Support DevOps activities related to database deployments and releases.
• Troubleshoot incidents to minimize business impact.
• Develop and maintain database operational standards and docs.
• Evaluate new database data platforms as needs evolve.

Skills

SQL Server

Azure SQL

Managed Instance

PostgreSQL

InfluxDB

Backup & Recovery

Performance Tuning

DevOps

Flyway

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

CI/CD

Snowflake

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Flyway

SQL Server

Azure SQL

PostgreSQL

InfluxDB

Job description

Kavaliro is seeking a Database Administrator to oversee the organization’s database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. You will ensure availability, performance, security, and reliability for SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, and InfluxDB, while managing backups, monitoring, patching, and releases.

Collaboration with application, infra, and BI teams is essential. Responsibilities include optimization, security, and lifecycle management, plus supporting DevOps efforts with